Jordan said on Thursday it would host talks for top diplomats to discuss developments in neighboring Syria following the fall of Bashar al-Assad.
The foreign ministers of Jordan, Saudi Arabia, Iraq, Lebanon, Egypt, the United Arab Emirates, Qatar and Bahrain and the head of the Arab League will meet on Saturday in the Red Sea city of Aqaba, the Jordanian ministry said of Foreign Affairs.
The Arab ministers will also hold meetings with their Turkish and US counterparts, as well as the European Union’s foreign policy chief and the UN envoy to Syria, the ministry added in a statement.
The meetings will “discuss ways to support an inclusive, Syrian-led political process to achieve a transition process,” the statement said.
Earlier on Thursday, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken was in Jordan and met with King Abdullah II.
Last week, Islamist-led rebels in Syria advanced on the capital Damascus, forcing al-Assad, who ruled for more than two decades, to flee the country.
Their capture of Damascus came after making major territorial gains during a lightning offensive in the war-shattered country.
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken (L) meets Jordanian Secretary of State Ayman Safadi. -/petra/dpa
