Al-Assad: ’Understanding’ Reached With Arab States

Local Editor

In his first interview with a Gulf paper since 2011, Syrian President Bashar al-Assad said as soon as the war is over, Damascus will resume its pivotal role in the region and restore its ties with Arab states.

He further noted that Arab and Western delegations already begun visiting Syria to prepare for reopening of diplomatic missions.

In further details, al-Assad told Kuwaiti newspaper Wednesday that Syria has reached a "major understanding" with Arab states after years of hostility over the country's war.

The interview in the al-Shahed newspaper was al-Assad's first with a Gulf newspaper since 2011.  

Al-Assad didn’t name the Arab countries but said Arab and Western delegations have begun visiting Syria to prepare for the reopening of diplomatic and other missions. Soon the war will be over, al-Assad told the paper's publisher, allowing Syria to resume its pivotal role in the region.

Source: News Agencies, Edited by website team