Top delegations from Jordan, Qatar visit Damascus to meet Syria’s new administration leader
A Jordanian Foreign Ministry statement said on Monday that Foreign Minister Ayman Safadi "is currently holding extensive talks" with al-Sharaa, without giving further details. Qatari Minister of State at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Mohammed al-Khulaifi also arrived in the Syrian capital, leading a high-level delegation.
- Middle East
- Anadolu Agency
- Published Date: 01:52 | 23 December 2024
- Modified Date: 01:59 | 23 December 2024
Top delegations from Jordan and Qatar visited Damascus on Monday for talks with the leader of Syria's new administration, Ahmed al-Sharaa.
A Jordanian Foreign Ministry statement said Foreign Minister Ayman Safadi "is currently holding extensive talks" with al-Sharaa, without giving further details.
Qatari Minister of State at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Mohammed al-Khulaifi also arrived in the Syrian capital, leading a high-level delegation.
Foreign Ministry spokesman Majed al-Ansari said al-Khulaifi will hold a series of meetings with Syrian officials "to embody Qatar's firm position in providing all the support to the Syrian people."
Al-Khulaifi arrived aboard a Qatar Airways plane, marking the first flight to from Doha to Damascus since the fall of the Bashar al-Assad regime in Syria.
In the past few days, al-Sharaa met with several foreign and Arab delegations in Damascus, including from the U.S. and Saudi Arabia.
Assad, Syria's leader for nearly 25 years, fled to Russia after anti-regime groups took control of Damascus on Dec. 8, ending the Baath Party regime which had been in power since 1963.
The takeover came after Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) fighters captured key cities in a lightning offensive that lasted less than two weeks.