In a great step for the first time since Syria's war began, UAE diplomat met Syria's President Bashar al-Assad in Damascus as they discussed bilateral relations between the two brotherly countries and ways to develop cooperation in different sectors that are of common interest
Damascus needs the Emirati channel... to eventually access critical funding and business acumen for an Assad-led reconstruction process in Syria," Heras said.
In October, Assad called King Abdullah II of Jordan for the first time since the start of Syria's conflict.
The UAE is one of the six Gulf Cooperation Council member states that took a tough stance against Damascus in 2012 and eventually recognised an opposition umbrella group as the representative of Syria.
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