LONDON: The foreign ministers of Syria and Jordan on Thursday condemned Iran’s “unjustified” attacks on Gulf Cooperation Council countries and Jordan.
At a meeting in Damascus, Syria’s Minister of Foreign Affairs Asaad Al-Shaibani and his Jordanian counterpart Ayman Safadi also criticized Israel’s airstrikes on the Syrian Arab Republic, calling them a violation of international law and the nation’s sovereignty and demanded an immediate Israeli withdrawal to the disengagement lines of 1974.
Al-Shaibani and Safadi led their countries’ delegations in talks to strengthen ties in the economy, trade, transport, water, energy, defense and security sectors.
Syrian President Ahmad Al-Sharaa met Safadi, Maj. Gen. Yousef Huneiti, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, and Maj. Gen. Ahmad Husni, Jordan’s director of general intelligence, the Syrian Arab News Agency reported.
Huneiti had extended talks with Syrian Minister of Defense Maj. Gen. Murhaf Abu Qasra to discuss defense and security cooperation, including combating terrorism, drug trafficking and weapons smuggling.
Safadi reaffirmed Jordan’s commitment to Syria’s unity, security, stability and sovereignty, the report said.
Syria’s Chief of Intelligence Apparatus Hussein al-Salamah and Chief of the General Staff Maj. Gen. Ali al-Naasan also attended the talks.
