{"id":320694,"date":"2023-03-21T00:02:58","date_gmt":"2023-03-20T19:02:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/leadpakistan.com.pk\/news\/?p=320694"},"modified":"2023-03-21T00:02:58","modified_gmt":"2023-03-20T19:02:58","slug":"assad-in-uae-gets-presidents-nod-for-return-to-arab-fold","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/leadpakistan.com.pk\/news\/assad-in-uae-gets-presidents-nod-for-return-to-arab-fold\/","title":{"rendered":"Assad in UAE, gets president\u2019s nod for return to Arab fold"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> DUBAI<br \/>\nUAE President Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan on Sunday told his Syrian counterpart it was time for diplomatically isolated Damascus to be reintegrated into the wider Arab region during a meeting in Abu Dhabi, state media reported.<br \/>\nThe trip by Syrian President Bashar al-Assad \u2014 his second to the oil-rich United Arab Emirates in as many years \u2014 comes after a visit to Oman last month, his only official engagement in Arab countries since the start of Syria\u2019s war in 2011.<br \/>\nIt coincides with amplified engagement by Arab states towards the Damascus government which has been politically isolated in the region since the start of Syria\u2019s war and was expelled from the Cairo-based Arab League in 2011 over its violent crackdown on pro-democracy demonstrations.<br \/>\n\u201cSyria has been absent from its brothers for too long, and the time has come for it to return to them and to its Arab surroundings,\u201d Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan told Assad during a meeting at the presidential palace, according to the official WAM news agency.<br \/>\nThe Emirati president called for efforts to facilitate the repatriation of Syrian refugees and endorsed engagement between Damascus and Ankara, which is now working towards a rapprochement with Assad after years of supporting rebels fighting his government, according to WAM.<br \/>\nAbu Dhabi, which normalised relations with Assad\u2019s government in 2018, has led aid efforts in the aftermath of the Feb 6 earthquake that struck southeastern Turkiye and northern Syria, killing tens of thousands.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>DUBAI UAE President Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan on Sunday told his Syrian counterpart it was time for diplomatically isolated Damascus to be reintegrated into the wider Arab region during a meeting in Abu Dhabi, state media reported. 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