Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman (MBS) and United Arab Emirates (UAE) President Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan have discussed regional developments with a special focus on the situation in the Middle East.
The meeting between the two leaders took place hours after the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) summit in Kuwait on Sunday.
This development has come after the rebels took control of Aleppo, Syria’s second largest city.
The UAE official said that during the meeting, the two royal families reviewed the latest regional and international developments with a special focus on the Middle East. WAM news agency
“He stressed the need for joint efforts to maintain regional stability and deter the region. [from] Landing new crises that may threaten its security,” he added.
The latest shock offensive by Syrian rebels has been described as an attempt by Syrian President Bashar al-Assad to reshape the regional map in the interests of the United States, whose country has been at war since it declared democracy. has started a crackdown against pro-protests. 2011 – A conflict that has drawn in foreign powers and killed 500,000 people.
Meanwhile, MBS’s visit, the first since 2021 according to Emirati media, has fueled rumors of a rift between the two countries following his meeting with the UAE ruler in the eastern Saudi city of Dammam in early May this year. In perspective.
The UAE president, 63, was once seen as a mentor to the 39-year-old Saudi heir who is aggressively reshaping his country’s oil-dependent economy.
It should be noted that the Gulf states were initially the main supporters of the Syrian opposition groups against President Assad’s government since the 2011 Arab Spring protests.
But they later reversed course, with the UAE restoring diplomatic ties in 2018.
Riyadh rekindled ties with Damascus after inviting Assad to an Arab League meeting in Jeddah last year, ending Syria’s regional isolation.