Saudischer Vorstoß zur Normalisierung mit Syrien stößt auf Widerstand
Der syrische Außenminister Minister Faisal Mekdad in Riad, Bildquelle: SANA
Plötzlich sollte es für die Saudis ganz schnell gehen mit der Normalisierung von Beziehungen zu Syrien, das, geht es nach Riad, sogar wieder in die Arabische Liga aufgenommen werden soll:
Syria and Saudi Arabia are moving toward reopening embassies and resuming flights between the two countries for the first time in more than a decade, the countries said on April 13 in a joint statement.
Nur stößt diese Idee in verschiedenen arabischen Ländern auf Widerstand (Uneinigkeit ist eh das Markenzeichen dieser Organisation) und selbst Länder wie Ägypten, das finanziell am Tropf der Saudis hängt, melden Bedenken an:
Saudi Arabia is facing pushback from some Arab states, including key allies, over plans to bring Syrian President Bashar al-Assad in from the cold ahead of an Arab League summit the kingdom will host in May.
At least five members of the Arab League - including Morocco, Kuwait, Qatar, and Yemen - have refused to readmit Syria into the group, the Wall Street Journal reported on Wednesday, citing Arab officials.
Middle East Eye reached out to the embassies of Morocco, Kuwait, Qatar, and Yemen in the US for comment on this report.
Even Egypt, traditionally one of Saudi Arabia's closest partners, has expressed reservations despite Syria and Egypt’s top diplomats recently meeting in Cairo, the report said.
The WSJ article follows Middle East Eye’s reporting that Egypt is privately moving slower on reconciliation with Syria than some of its public rhetoric has suggested. (...)
The report underlines the potential roadblocks Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman faces as he looks to reshuffle the region’s geopolitical map, with Syria emerging as the latest chess piece to Riyadh’s independent foreign policy gambit.
In March, Saudi Arabia agreed to restore ties with Iran, one of Assad’s main backers, in a deal brokered by China. A few weeks later, the kingdom corralled fellow Opec states to make “voluntary” cuts in their oil production that could remove a million barrels of crude a day from the global market.