The top Syrian diplomat met with an Israeli delegation to discuss de-escalation and non-interference in his country's domestic affairs, in a rare meeting held in Paris on Tuesday.
The SANA news agency says Foreign Minister Asaad al-Shaibani met with Israeli officials to discuss de-escalating tensions and restoring a 1974 cease-fire agreement.
The 1974 disengagement agreement between Israel and Syria created a U.N. buffer zone in the Golan Heights.
It was the second meeting between the two sides in the French capital in less than a month after they agreed in July to continue talks after no final accord was reached on de-escalating tensions in southern Syria.
Hundreds of people have been reported killed in clashes in the southern Syrian province of Suwayda between Druze fighters, Bedouin tribes and government forces. Israel launched airstrikes during the clashes.
