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UAE invites Syrian President to participate in COP28

May 15, 2023

And SANA reported that Al-Assad on Sunday received the Chargé d’Affaires of the UAE Embassy in Damascus, Abdul Hakim Al-Nuaimi, who handed him “an official invitation from Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, President of the United Arab Emirates”. Emirates, to attend the Climate Conference of the Parties”, which will be held in November and December.

The United Arab Emirates led regional relief efforts in Syria after the devastating earthquake that struck it and neighboring Turkey last February.

Last month, Saudi Arabia resumed relations with Damascus, and the League of Arab States decided a few weeks later to resume the participation of Syrian government delegations in its meetings.

Al-Assad also received an official invitation from Saudi Arabia to attend the Arab summit, which is being held in Jeddah this week, in the first invitation he has received to attend an Arab summit since the start of the conflict.

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Arab Desk

Arab Desk

The Arab Desk leads The Eastern Herald's reporting on the Middle East and North Africa. The desk has covered the Gaza-Israel war since October 2023, the Iran-Israel war of 2025-2026, the fall of the Assad government in Syria, Hezbollah's political and military shifts in Lebanon, the war in Yemen, and the diplomatic realignment of the Gulf states under the Abraham Accords and the Saudi-Iranian rapprochement.

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