epa10553646 Syrian Foreign Minister Faisal Mekdad during a meeting with Egyptian Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Cairo, Egypt, 01 April 2023. Mekdad is on an official visit to Cairo to discuss with his Egyptian counterpart ways to strengthen ties between the two countries. This is the first time a Syrian Foreign Minister has paid an official visit to Egypt since Walid Muallem in 2009. EPA/KHALED ELFIQI
