The UAE, through its foreign minister’s visit to Damascus, opened the door to Arab visits to Syria and broke the country’s extensive siege by the Arab Gulf states.
The UAE has sounded the bell to return to Damascus through its foreign minister. During his visit to Damascus, the UAE Foreign Minister stressed his country’s support for the efforts made to stabilize Syria, noting that the events in Syria have affected all Arab countries and that Abu Dhabi is ready to help the Syrian people. This trip is an awakening that happened late, but it is correcting the mistake that the Syrian people paid for. Many observers have hailed the Emirati minister’s visit as a prelude to the return of Damascus to the Arab League.
The UAE Foreign Minister’s visit to Damascus was not accidental, but as a result of long and intensive regional and international preparations, in which international variables played an important role. Here, these developments confirm the failure of the so-called “Arab Spring” project in Syria, which has forced many countries to back down from political discourses and even hostile positions. Hence, the UAE has become the first Arab Gulf state to take steps to eliminate political and diplomatic ties with Damascus. The country reopened its embassy in Damascus in late 2018, and at the same time, telephone calls were made between Syrian President Bashar al-Assad and Abu Dhabi Crown Prince Mohammed Bin zaid. The UAE ministers also visited the Syrian pavilion during the Dubai Expo, as a result of which several agreements and economic agreements were signed between the parties. These developments take place; because the UAE has risen to reform the Arab region and is playing the role of political mediator.
The UAE Minister’s visit to Damascus brings about dramatic changes in Syria, as well as many dimensions and consequences not only in the political arena but also in the areas of reconstruction and economy, and reinforces the idea that Damascus is rapidly emerging from its political and economic isolation. And those who have turned to Damascus have understood the pivotal role of Damascus in shaping the political map of the region, and this process is achieved as a result of the political stability of the resistance and its military and economic resistance.
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After these strategic developments, Damascus is still able to meet with all those who want to visit it, and also tries to end the consequences of the aggression and the imposed war against it, and through the relationship with some countries, the normalization project with the regime.
These political movements reflect the power of Syria in understanding the rules of the political game and its full awareness of the rules of establishing diplomatic relations with countries and governments, as well as its skill in turning these relations into strengths in political action. That is why Damascus opens its gates to every pilgrim and every pilgrim who enters Damascus through any gate is welcomed.