Syrian Vice Foreign Minister Walid Al Moalem and Lebanese Foreign Minister Mahmud Hammud pose for a picture on February 1, 2005 following their meeting in the Lebanese capital Beirut. AFP
Syria's Foreign Minister Walid Al Moalem holds a press conference on June 23, 2020 on new US sanctions imposed on the country, in the capital Damascus. AFP
Syria's Foreign Minister Walid Al Moalem attends the opening session of the international conference on the return of refugees held in Damascus on November 11, 2020. AFP
Syrian Foreign Minister Walid Al Moalem and his Russian counterpart Sergei Lavrov chat as they hold a joint press conference after meeting in Syria's capital Damascus, on September 7, 2020. AFP
Syrian Foreign Minister Walid Al Moalem shakes hands with Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi after a press conference at Diaoyutai state guesthouse in Beijing on June 18, 2019. AFP
Syrian Foreign Minister Walid Al Moalem gestures as he speaks to the media on August 30, 2018 in Moscow, Russia. AP Photo
Oman's Foreign Minister Yussef bin Alawi meets with his Syrian counterpart Walid Al Moalem in Muscat during an official visit to the Gulf sultanate on March 26, 2018. AFP
Syrian Foreign Minister Walid Al Moalem holds a press conference in the capital Damascus on May 8, 2017. AFP
Syria's Foreign Minister Walid Al Moalem addresses the 70th session of the United Nations General Assembly October 2, 2015 at the United Nations in New York. AFP
Syrian Foreign Minister Walid Al Moalem looks on next to body guards during the so-called Geneva II peace talks on January 22, 2014 in Montreux. AFP
Iranian Foreign Minister Ali Akbar Salehi speaks with Syria's new Prime Minister Wael al-Halqi and Foreign Minister Walid Al Moalem on the last day of Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) summit in Tehran on August 31, 2012. AFP
Syrian Foreign Minister Walid Al Moalem followed by his Faisal Maqdad vote on a new constitution that could end five decades of single-party domination, in the capital Damascus, on February 26, 2012. AFP
Visiting Syrian President Bashar al-Assad stands by as UAE President Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed greets Syrian Foreign Minister Walid Al Moalem in Abu Dhabi on June 1, 2008. AFP
Syrian President Bashar al-Assad walks with his foreign minister, Walid Al Moalem, and Arab League chief Amr Mussa during a welcoming ceremony for Arab leaders at Damascus airport on March 28, 2008. AFP
UAE Foreign Minister Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed is welcomed by his Syrian counterpart Walid Al Moalem in Damascus on February 19, 2008. AFP
UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon talks to Syrian Foreign Minister Walid Al Moalem, with Bassam al-Sabagh, Moalem's office director and UN Terje Roed-Larsen, UN Middle East envoy, on the airplane flying from Doha to Damascus ahead of Ban's first visit to Syria, April 24, 2007. AFP
Syrian Foreign Minister Walid Al Moalem meets US House speaker Nancy Pelosi in Damascus, on April 4, 2007 during her two-day trip to Syria. AFP
Syria's Foreign Minister Walid Al Moalem shakes hands with United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-Moonon September 28, 2007, during the United Nations General Assembly at UN headquarters in New York. AFP
Syrian Foreign Minister Walid Al Moalem speaks to the press as his arrives to a hotel in Riyadh, on March 25, 2007 prior to the Arab Summit. AFP
Turkey's Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan and Syria 's Foreign Minister Walid Al Moalem pose to media during a meeting in Ankara January 31, 2007. AFP
Iraqi President Jalal Talabani meets with Syrian Foreign Minister Walid Al Moalem in Baghdad, November 20, 2006. AFP
Syrian Foreign Minister Walid Al Moalem accompanies UN Secretary General Kofi Annan to the airport in Damascus, September 1, 2006. AFP
Syrian Foreign Minister Walid Al Moalem and his Palestinian counterpart Mahmud al-Zahar hold a joint press conference following their meeting in Damascus April 20, 2006. AFP
Syrian Foreign Minister Walid Al Moalem attends a parliamanent session in Damascus on May 17, 2006. AFP
Russian President Vladimir Putin welcomes Syrian Foreign Minister Walid Al Moalem during their meeting at the Kremlin in Moscow March 14, 2006. AFP
Syrian Vice Foreign Minister Walid Al Moalem and Lebanese Foreign Minister Mahmud Hammud pose for a picture on February 1, 2005 following their meeting in the Lebanese capital Beirut. AFP
Syria's Foreign Minister Walid Al Moalem holds a press conference on June 23, 2020 on new US sanctions imposed on the country, in the capital Damascus. AFP
Syria's Foreign Minister Walid Al Moalem attends the opening session of the international conference on the return of refugees held in Damascus on November 11, 2020. AFP
Syrian Foreign Minister Walid Al Moalem and his Russian counterpart Sergei Lavrov chat as they hold a joint press conference after meeting in Syria's capital Damascus, on September 7, 2020. AFP
Syrian Foreign Minister Walid Al Moalem shakes hands with Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi after a press conference at Diaoyutai state guesthouse in Beijing on June 18, 2019. AFP
Syrian Foreign Minister Walid Al Moalem gestures as he speaks to the media on August 30, 2018 in Moscow, Russia. AP Photo
Oman's Foreign Minister Yussef bin Alawi meets with his Syrian counterpart Walid Al Moalem in Muscat during an official visit to the Gulf sultanate on March 26, 2018. AFP
Syrian Foreign Minister Walid Al Moalem holds a press conference in the capital Damascus on May 8, 2017. AFP
Syria's Foreign Minister Walid Al Moalem addresses the 70th session of the United Nations General Assembly October 2, 2015 at the United Nations in New York. AFP
Syrian Foreign Minister Walid Al Moalem looks on next to body guards during the so-called Geneva II peace talks on January 22, 2014 in Montreux. AFP
Iranian Foreign Minister Ali Akbar Salehi speaks with Syria's new Prime Minister Wael al-Halqi and Foreign Minister Walid Al Moalem on the last day of Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) summit in Tehran on August 31, 2012. AFP
Syrian Foreign Minister Walid Al Moalem followed by his Faisal Maqdad vote on a new constitution that could end five decades of single-party domination, in the capital Damascus, on February 26, 2012. AFP
Visiting Syrian President Bashar al-Assad stands by as UAE President Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed greets Syrian Foreign Minister Walid Al Moalem in Abu Dhabi on June 1, 2008. AFP
Syrian President Bashar al-Assad walks with his foreign minister, Walid Al Moalem, and Arab League chief Amr Mussa during a welcoming ceremony for Arab leaders at Damascus airport on March 28, 2008. AFP
UAE Foreign Minister Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed is welcomed by his Syrian counterpart Walid Al Moalem in Damascus on February 19, 2008. AFP
UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon talks to Syrian Foreign Minister Walid Al Moalem, with Bassam al-Sabagh, Moalem's office director and UN Terje Roed-Larsen, UN Middle East envoy, on the airplane flying from Doha to Damascus ahead of Ban's first visit to Syria, April 24, 2007. AFP
Syrian Foreign Minister Walid Al Moalem meets US House speaker Nancy Pelosi in Damascus, on April 4, 2007 during her two-day trip to Syria. AFP
Syria's Foreign Minister Walid Al Moalem shakes hands with United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-Moonon September 28, 2007, during the United Nations General Assembly at UN headquarters in New York. AFP
Syrian Foreign Minister Walid Al Moalem speaks to the press as his arrives to a hotel in Riyadh, on March 25, 2007 prior to the Arab Summit. AFP
Turkey's Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan and Syria 's Foreign Minister Walid Al Moalem pose to media during a meeting in Ankara January 31, 2007. AFP
Iraqi President Jalal Talabani meets with Syrian Foreign Minister Walid Al Moalem in Baghdad, November 20, 2006. AFP
Syrian Foreign Minister Walid Al Moalem accompanies UN Secretary General Kofi Annan to the airport in Damascus, September 1, 2006. AFP
Syrian Foreign Minister Walid Al Moalem and his Palestinian counterpart Mahmud al-Zahar hold a joint press conference following their meeting in Damascus April 20, 2006. AFP
Syrian Foreign Minister Walid Al Moalem attends a parliamanent session in Damascus on May 17, 2006. AFP
Russian President Vladimir Putin welcomes Syrian Foreign Minister Walid Al Moalem during their meeting at the Kremlin in Moscow March 14, 2006. AFP
Syrian Vice Foreign Minister Walid Al Moalem and Lebanese Foreign Minister Mahmud Hammud pose for a picture on February 1, 2005 following their meeting in the Lebanese capital Beirut. AFP
