The foreign ministers of Arab state members of the International Contact Group on Syrian Affair held a meeting here today. The meeting was attended by Prince Saud Al-Faisal, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia; Dr. Sameh Shoukry, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Arab Republic of Egypt; Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the United Arab Emirates; Dr. Khalid Al-Attiyah, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the State of Qatar; and Ambassador Nawaf Al-Tell, Advisor to the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan. The meeting addressed the developments on the Arab arena and the Middle East as well as the challenges faced by the region including the growth of extremist and terrorist ideology and its serious consequences on the countries of the region and the international peace and security. The meeting also discussed the latest developments in Syria and the developments of the crisis on regional and international arenas.
