Aboul Gheit said on Sunday: “Syrian President Bashar al-Assad can participate in the League summit if he wishes.”
The Arab League summit will be held on May 19 in the Saudi capital, Riyadh.
And Arab foreign ministers on Sunday adopted a decision to send Syria back to take its seat in the League of Arab States, after a 12-year absence.
This came in the official decision issued after the meeting of the Council of the League of Arab States at ministerial level, chaired by Egypt, during its extraordinary session.
The Arab League suspended Syria’s membership in 2011 when civil war broke out.
Recently, some Arab countries have resumed dealing with Syria through high-level visits and meetings.
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