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Syrian, Arab Foreign Ministers to Meet on May 1 in Amman to Discuss Syria's Return to LAS

AMMAN (Sputnik) - Foreign ministers of Syria, Egypt, Iraq, Saudi Arabia and Jordan are set to meet on May 1 in the Jordanian capital of Amman to continue consultations on Syria's readmission to the League of Arab States (LAS), the Jordanian Foreign Ministry said on Sunday.
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"Jordan will host tomorrow, May 1, a meeting of foreign ministers of the Kingdom of Jordan, Saudi Arabia, Iraq, Egypt with Syria's foreign minister. This meeting is a follow-up to the consultative meeting of the Gulf countries, [as well as] Jordan, Iraq and Egypt, which was held on April 14 in Jeddah," the statement read.
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