Syria foreign minister arrives on first visit to Qatar: officials
Syria's transitional government foreign minister, Asaad Al-Shaibani, arrived in Qatar on Sunday for his first visit since the toppling of Bashar al-Assad last month.
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- AFP
- Published Date: 12:30 | 05 January 2025
- Modified Date: 12:33 | 05 January 2025
The foreign minister for Syria's transitional government arrived in Qatar on Sunday for his first visit to the Gulf state since the toppling of longtime ruler Bashar al-Assad last month.
Asaad Al-Shaibani arrived on Sunday morning for meetings, a Syrian diplomat in Doha and a Qatari official confirmed to AFP. Qatar was the second country, after Türkiye, to reopen its embassy in Damascus following the overthrow of Assad.
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