According to a League spokeswoman, Arab foreign ministers will gather in Cairo on Sunday to discuss Syria, as part of a regional effort to repair ties with Syrian President Bashar al-Assad after a decade of estrangement.
According to Gamal Roshdy, a spokeswoman for the Arab League secretary general, the foreign ministers will meet separately on Sunday to address the issue that erupted in Sudan last month.
Following a bloody crackdown on anti-Assad street protests in 2011 that resulted in a devastating civil war, many Arab states withdrew their envoys from Damascus, and Syria was suspended from the Arab League.
Despite the fact that certain Arab governments, like Qatar, remain opposed to complete normalization until a political solution to Syria’s crisis is found, some Arab powers, including Saudi Arabia and Egypt, have lately re-engaged with Syria via high-level visits and meetings.
The Arab League will gather in Riyad on May 19 to discuss the pace of normalization and the conditions under which Syria may be allowed to return, and Arab nations have been trying to reach a consensus on whether to invite Assad to the summit.
Although Saudi Arabia had previously opposed repairing ties with Assad, the kingdom acknowledged the need for a new approach with Damascus following its recent rapprochement with Iran, Syria’s key regional ally.
