FOUR-WAY SUMMIT IN DAMASCUS

Syrian President Bashar al-Assad hosted a four-way summit that also grouped visiting French President Nicolas Sarkozy

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June 22, 2022

Syrian President Bashar al-Assad hosted a four-way summit that also grouped visiting French President Nicolas Sarkozy and leaders of Turkey and Qatar. The summit, which also includes Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan and Qatar’s Emir Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa al-Thani, was widely seen of importance. Sarkozy, whose country currently holds the rotating presidency of the European Union, joined the summit with an aim to boost the Paris and EU roles in the Middle East, media reports said.