Historic trip of the Syrian interim government’s Foreign Minister to Washington after 25 years
Asaad Hassan Al-Shibani, the Foreign Minister of the Syrian interim government, arrived in Washington on Thursday, September 17th. This trip, according to observers, is the first official visit of a high-ranking Syrian diplomatic official to the United States in more than a quarter of a century.
Axios news agency reported the day before that during this trip, he will discuss with US Congress and Senate lawmakers the lifting of remaining sanctions against Syria.
Although official details have not been released, two informed sources confirmed his arrival in a conversation with Reuters.
This trip takes place amid changes in the team responsible for the Syrian file in Donald Trump’s administration.
Reuters reported that these changes are related to the US State Department’s efforts to integrate Syrian Kurdish forces into the central government led by Ahmed Al-Shara.
At the same time, the President of the Syrian transitional government, who will attend the United Nations General Assembly meeting next week, recently announced the possibility of progress in negotiations with Israel to achieve a new security treaty.
