LONDON: The Saudi foreign minister, Prince Faisal bin Farhan, and his Syrian counterpart, Assad Al-Shaibani, discussed ways in which relations between their countries might be enhanced during talks on Wednesday on the sidelines of the Munich Leaders Meeting in AlUla.
They reviewed relations between Riyadh and Damascus, and discussed ways to bolster Syria’s security and economy to help fulfill the aspirations of its people, the Saudi Press Agency reported.
About 70 high-level participants from around the world have gathered in AlUla this week as Saudi Arabia hosts a Munich Leaders Meeting for the first time. It is organized by the Munich Security Conference, which was founded in 1963 and meets in February each year in Germany, bringing together senior government officials, security officials and policy experts to discuss international security and foreign policy issues.
Also at the Munich Leaders Meeting on Wednesday, Al-Shaibani took part in a panel discussion on the transition in Syria after the fall of President Bashar Assad, during which participants warned of the risks of foreign meddling and the resurgence of Daesh.
After 14 years of civil war, the Assad regime collapsed in December in the face of an offensive by the group Hayat Tahrir Al-Sham, ending a family dynasty that had ruled the Arab country for five decades. The subsequent appointment of a transitional government in the country was welcomed by other states in the region, in the hope it will bring stability and security to all Syrians.
