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Saudi Arabia, Syria discuss ‘steps’ to end Damascus’s diplomatic isolation

Kremlin plans to discuss the status of its Syria bases with new authorities, highlighting strategic military interests in the region.
Kremlin plans to discuss the status of its Syria bases with new authorities, highlighting strategic military interests in the region.

Saudi Arabia and Syria have discussed “the necessary steps” to end Damascus’s diplomatic isolation in the Arab world since the outbreak of civil war in the country in 2011, the Saudi foreign ministry said Wednesday.

A meeting of the top diplomats of each country aimed to achieve a “national reconciliation” in Syria that would help “bring back Syria to its Arab fold”, the ministry said in a statement.

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