This will be al-Sharaa’s second visit abroad after Saudi Arabia and a first to Türkiye, a close ally of the new administration of the country. He will be the guest of President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, with whom he is scheduled to meet in the capital, Ankara.
The leaders will discuss the latest developments in Syria in all its dimensions and the joint steps to be taken by Ankara and Damascus for economic recovery, sustainable stability and security in the war-torn country, Fahrettin Altun, head of the Presidency’s Directorate of Communications, said on X on Monday. The talks will also focus on the support that can be provided to Syria's new administration and the Syrian people in multilateral platforms, he added. "We believe that Türkiye-Syria relations, which have been reestablished after the liberation of Syria, will strengthen and gain dimension with the visit by Ahmed Al-Sharaa and his delegation," he noted.
Al-Sharaa was appointed as transitional president last Wednesday, about two months after he led anti-regime forces to victory by capturing key cities Aleppo, Homs, and finally, the capital, Damascus, in quick succession.
Turkish intelligence chief Ibrahim Kalın and Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan were the first to visit al-Sharaa in Damascus days after the fall of the Assad regime. Türkiye backed the Syrian opposition against Assad when the civil war broke out in 2011.
Calling for a peaceful transitional period and an inclusive government, Ankara has since led the diplomatic efforts to help Syria regain its normalcy and ensure stability in neighboring countries where developments directly affect Türkiye.
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