Shoukry will certainly go to Turkiye and Syria to “share a message of uniformity from Egypt with the two countries”
Assad has actually taken advantage of an outpouring of support from Arab states following the quake
CAIRO: Egypt’s Sameh Shoukry will certainly travel to Damascus on Monday in the first browse through by an Egyptian international preacher since Syria’s conflict emerged in 2011, according to a statement by the Egyptian foreign ministry.
Shoukry will certainly visit Turkiye and also Syria – both struck hard by a lethal earthquake on Feb. 6– to “communicate a message of uniformity from Egypt with the two countries” according to the foreign ministry statement.
Syria had been separated by regional states over Head of state Bashar Assad’s fatal suppression of protests against him, with the Arab League suspending Syria’s membership in 2011 and lots of Arab countries pulling their agents out of Damascus.
Yet Assad has actually benefited from a cascade of assistance from Arab states adhering to the quake, which killed more than 5,900 people throughout his country, according to a tally of UN and Syrian government figures.
Egypt’s Head of state Abdul Fattah El-Sisi consulted with Assad by phone for the very first time on Feb. 7 as well as on Sunday, a delegation of top parliamentarians from around the region– consisting of Egypt’s parliament speaker– met Assad in Damascus.
Shoukry met his Syrian equivalent Faisal Mekdad in 2021 on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly. Cairo has actually sent out a number of deliveries of earthquake aid to Syria in current weeks.
Erdogan as well as El-Sisi fulfilled and drank hands during the 2022 World Cup in Qatar as well as Turkish companies earlier this month dedicated to $500 million in new financial investments in Egypt.
Last Updated: 27 February 2023
