Tel Aviv denies sending message to Damascus.
Following the Syrian president’s visit to the UAE and the spread of rumors about this visit, the Syrian Deputy Foreign Minister denied sending any message to Damascus from Tel Aviv.
Syrian Deputy Foreign Minister Bashar al-Jaafari on Thursday explained the visit of President Bashar al-Assad to the UAE.
“Israel has not sent any message to Syria through the UAE,” the Syrian deputy foreign minister told Sputnik.
“The doors of Damascus are not closed to any real action [by the Arab countries],” Bashar al-Jaafari said in another part of his remarks.
The remarks come after the Syrian president arrived in the UAE on March 17 last year at the head of a high-level delegation and met with senior officials.
The official Syrian News Agency (SANA) reported that Dubai Governor Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum welcomed Bashar al-Assad and his entourage and expressed hope that security and peace would be established throughout Syria and that stability would prevail in the country and the region. .
During the meeting, the relations between the two countries and the prospects for expanding bilateral cooperation, especially in the fields of economy, investment and trade, were discussed. This was the Syrian president’s first visit to an Arab country in 11 years.
Anwar Gargash, the UAE president’s diplomatic adviser, said after the SANA report: “The UAE continues to pursue a realistic policy to reduce tensions and highlight the role of the Arab [countries] in a practical approach to finding a solution to the region’s crises. The complexity of the region requires a practical and rational approach that does not marginalize the efforts of the Arab countries; “Countries that are trying to meet the challenges and avoid crises and seditions.”
