UN Secretary-General António Guterres met with Syrian de facto leader Abu Muhammad al-Jolani in Damascus on Saturday, according to reports. The meeting followed Guterres' arrival in the Syrian capital earlier in the day.
UN Secretary-General António Guterres met with Syrian de facto leader Abu Muhammad al-Jolani in Damascus on Saturday, following his arrival in the Syrian capital earlier in the day. The meeting marks the first high-level direct engagement between the UN chief and the new Syrian leadership since the fall of the Assad regime. As The Zioneer reported earlier, Guterres' landing in Damascus was his first visit to Syria since 2009, and he stated that the UN 'stands with Syria.' The meeting with al-Jolani, who has been consolidating control over the country, was not previously announced. The visit comes amid a series of diplomatic overtures by Western and international leaders to the new Syrian government.
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