The Syrian foreign minister's visit to Cairo is the first in more than 10 years. Read more at straitstimes.com.
CAIRO - Egypt’s Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry met with his Syrian counterpart Faisal Mekdad in Cairo on Saturday, a first since Syria’s civil war broke out over a decade ago, Mr Shoukry’s office said.
Mr Mekdad’s visit to Cairo is the “first in more than 10 years” for a Syrian top diplomat and saw a closed door meeting between the two ministers followed by discussions between the two countries’ delegations, the Egyptian foreign ministry said.in the war-torn country and neighbouring Turkey. Discussions on Saturday focused on “supporting the Syrian people to restore unity and sovereignty over its whole territories”, the Egyptian ministry said in a statement.
The two ministers also agreed “on intensifying channels of communication” between their countries, the statement said.
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