Jubeir: We look forward to the withdrawal of foreign forces from Syria

Jubeir is attending a ministerial conference held for Arab and European countries to discuss the Syrian file in Brussels. (File/AFP)
Updated 04 February 2019
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Jubeir: We look forward to the withdrawal of foreign forces from Syria

  • “We look forward to a result that preserves Syria's independence and unity and leads to the removal of its foreign forces,” Jubeir said
  • Jubeir is attending a ministerial conference held for Arab and European countries to discuss the Syrian file in Brussels

BRUSSELS: Saudi Arabia’s Minister of State of Foreign Affairs Adel Al-Jubeir said that the kingdom is looking forward to the withdrawal of foreign troops from Syria on Monday, Saudi-owned Al Arabiya News Channel reported.

“We look forward to a result that preserves Syria's independence and unity and leads to the removal of its foreign forces,” Jubeir said.

“We are consulting with the Arab countries for a result that included the implementation of UN resolution 2254,” he said from Brussels, where a ministerial conference is being held for Arab and European countries to discuss the Syrian file, adding that “Europeans and Arabs face common challenges in combating terrorism and extremism.”

He stressed that there are great promises to develop trade and investment between the two regions.


UN chief ‘gravely concerned’ by West Bank control measures

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UN chief ‘gravely concerned’ by West Bank control measures

  • Secretary-General Antonio Guterres says current trajectory on the ground is eroding prospect for two-state solution
NEW YORK: United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres is “gravely concerned” by new Israeli measures to tighten control of the West Bank and pave the way for more settlements in the occupied Palestinian territory, his spokesman said Monday.
“The Secretary-General is gravely concerned by the reported decision of the Israeli security cabinet to authorize a series of administrative and enforcement measures in Areas A and B of the occupied West Bank,” said Guterres’s spokesman Stephane Dujarric.
“He warns that the current trajectory on the ground, including this decision, is eroding the prospect for the two-State solution.”