Syria’s chief is in Saudi Arabia to garner help for his transitional authorities.
Syria’s Ahmed al-Sharaa has arrived in Saudi Arabia and met Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman (MBS) on his first foreign trip since being named president of the transitional authorities earlier this week.
The Saudi Press Company (SPA) confirmed al-Sharaa assembly MBS – Saudi Arabia’s de facto chief – after the Syrian president had first been greeted by the Deputy Governor of the Riyadh Area Prince Mohammed bin Abdulrahman bin Abdulaziz after he landed at King Khalid Worldwide Airport in Riyadh on Sunday.
Al-Sharaa was accompanied for the talks in Riyadh by Syria’s overseas minister, Asaad al-Shaibani.
After the assembly, al-Sharaa mentioned that the assembly with MBS had proven that Saudi Arabia had “a real need to help Syria in constructing its future”. The Syrian president added that his conferences in Riyadh had included plans for cooperation within the fields of power, expertise, schooling, and well being.
Al Jazeera’s Osama Bin Javaid mentioned al-Sharaa selected Riyadh as his first vacation spot to “guarantee that Saudi Arabia is aware of and realises the significance that this new Syria places it beneath”.
Al-Sharaa led the Syrian opposition in overthrowing the regime of longtime President Bashar al-Assad on December 8, after a lightning advance throughout the nation. Since then, the brand new Syrian administration has sought to realize regional and worldwide legitimacy and to have damaging Western sanctions on Syria eliminated.
Nevertheless, considerations over al-Sharaa’s previous membership of al-Qaeda have tempered help from some quarters, at the same time as Syria’s new management emphasises regional integration and protections for spiritual and ethnic minorities.
Throughout a go to to Damascus final week, Saudi International Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan mentioned his nation was engaged in an energetic dialogue with Europe and the USA to assist elevate financial sanctions imposed on Syria.
Bin Javaid mentioned al-Sharaa’s go to meant to remind Saudi officers of that promise and procure all attainable assist in rebuilding Syria’s infrastructure, authorities and establishments.
Moreover, the journey to Riyadh symbolises a “seismic shift within the nation’s alignment and future relations” away from the toppled President Bashar al-Assad’s allegiance to Iran and Russia.
Final month, al-Sharaa advised Al Arabiya TV that Saudi Arabia “will definitely have a big function in Syria’s future”, pointing to “a giant funding alternative for all neighbouring international locations”.
Sunday’s journey comes after al-Shibani, Syria’s overseas minister, additionally travelled to Riyadh final month.
In the meantime, Qatar’s Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani visited Damascus on Thursday, changing into the primary Arab chief to take action for the reason that overthrow of al-Assad.
