Ukraine’s international minister meets with new Syrian chief in Damascus

A Ukrainian delegation headed by Overseas Minister Andrii Sybiha is presently in Syria and has met with the de facto chief of Syria, Ahmed al-Sharaa.

Supply: Syrian tv; Al Arabiya, a Saudi state-owned worldwide Arabic information tv channel

Particulars: Reviews point out that the high-level Ukrainian delegation, along with the official spokesperson for the Ukrainian Overseas Ministry, consists of Ukraine's agriculture minister and a particular consultant of the Ukrainian president.

No different particulars have been disclosed.

For reference: The regime of Bashar al-Assad had dominated Syria for 53 years earlier than collapsing following a 12-day offensive by rebels, led by the Islamist militant group Hay'at Tahrir al-Sham (HTS). The offensive ended with the seize of Damascus on 8 December. Hadi al-Bahra, head of the Nationwide Coalition for Syrian Revolutionary and Opposition Forces, introduced plans to type a civilian authorities. Mohammed al-Bashir turned Syria's new appearing Prime Minister. Ousted President Bashar al-Assad and his household have been granted asylum in Moscow.

Background:

• On 23 December, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy instructed Ukraine's Overseas Ministry to ascertain all crucial contacts with representatives of the folks of Syria and rectify Assad's errors.
• On 27 December, Ukraine shipped 500 tonnes of Ukrainian wheat flour to Syria as a part of the Grain from Ukraine programme.

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