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Syria agrees to curb drug trade in meeting with Arab ministers

Syria's Foreign Minister Faisal Mekdad (left) shakes hands with Jordan's Foreign Minister Ayman Safadi before the start of the meeting of Arab foreign ministers in Amman, Jordan [Alaa Al Sukhni/Reuters]

Syria has agreed to tackle drug trafficking across its borders with Jordan and Iraq, following a meeting of Arab foreign ministers aimed at discussing the normalisation of ties with Damascus.

The group said in a statement on Monday that Damascus had agreed to “take the necessary steps to end smuggling on the borders with Jordan and Iraq” after the foreign ministers of Syria, Egypt, Iraq, Saudi Arabia and Jordan met in the Jordanian capital Amman.

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