The Moroccan foreign affairs minister and the UAE’s deputy prime minister have held a telephone conversation about the unfolding situation in Syria more than a week after the fall of Bashar al-Assad.
The Assad regime fell earlier this month as rebels closed in on the capital Damascus, causing the rgular rank and file of the army to flee. Assad has been power for 24 years, half of which witnessed a devastating civil war which began in 2011.
As diplomacy in the region heats up to stabilise the tensions in the country, on Sunday Moroccan FM Nasser Bourita and Sheikh Abdullah Bin Zayed Al Nahyan, the UAE Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs, discussed current regional developments, including the future of Syria in the region.
During the conversation Sheikh Abdullah Bin Zayed touched on the importance of concerted efforts by Arab countries and enhancing cooperation with the international community with the aim of preserving the unity and sovereignty of Syria.
Both UAE and Morocco agreed in principle to help safeguard the security and stability of that volatile country and meeting the aspirations for development and prosperity of its people.
The two sides also discussed fraternal relations between the two countries and ways to enhance them in all spheres of human endeavour.
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