The Egyptian Foreign Minister arrived to Damascus today, where he was received by the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Damascus government, Faysal al-Miqdad, in Damascus International Airport.
And the Egyptian authorities announced earlier today that, "President of the Republic, Abdel Fattah al-Sisi, assigned the Minister of Foreign Affairs of heading to Syria and Turkey to offer condolences for the earthquake victims, and to convey a message of support and assistance to the two brotherly countries in the current humanitarian ordeal."
Shoukry's visit to Damascus came after a phone call between Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi and Bashar Al-Assad.
This is the first visit by an Egyptian foreign minister to Damascus since the outbreak of the crisis in Syria in 2011.
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