Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan will attend a meeting on Syria in the Saudi capital of Riyadh on Sunday, Turkey’s state-run Anadolu news agency reported, citing diplomatic sources.
The meeting will continue discussions from the previous meeting in Aqaba, Jordan, the sources told Anadolu.
Fidan visited Jordan on December 14, 2024 to attend a meeting on Syria and also met with his Jordanian counterpart, Ayman Safadi.
The meeting in Riyadh will focus on Syria’s stability. Fidan is expected to emphasize the importance of the country’s territorial integrity and unity, the need for systematic reconstruction measures and the possible extension of sanctions exemptions.
The meeting will also be attended by the foreign ministers of Syria and Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) members Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Qatar, Kuwait, Bahrain and Oman as well as the foreign ministers of Iraq, Lebanon, Jordan, Egypt, the UK and Germany.
The US and Italy are expected to be represented by deputy foreign ministers.
The EU high representative for foreign affairs and security policy, the secretary general of the Arab League, the secretary general of the GCC and the UN special envoy for Syria are also likely to attend the meeting.
On January 1 the new Syrian leadership made its first official foreign visit to Saudi Arabia, less than a month after the fall of former Syrian leader Bashar al-Assad on December 8.