The meeting of Friends of Syria started at the headquarters of the French Foreign Ministry here today including 11 countries and the Syrian National Coalition. Prince Saud Al-Faisal, the Minister of Foreign Affairs, headed the delegation of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia to the meeting. Participants in the meeting included the foreign ministers of the United Arab Emirates, Qatar, Egypt, Jordan, Britain, Germany, Italy, France, the United States of America and Turkey. The meeting discusses the Coalition's participation in Geneva 2 Conference on the Syrian crisis due to be held in Switzerland on January 22.