RIYADH: Overseas ministers and high diplomats from Western and Center Japanese nations are assembly Syria’s new international minister within the Saudi capital Riyadh on Sunday (Jan 12) on the first such regional assembly on Syria since President Bashar al-Assad was ousted final month.
German international minister Annalena Baerbock arrived in Riyadh on Sunday morning forward of the assembly with Syrian Overseas Minister Asaad Hassan Al-Shibani.
British international minister David Lammy was additionally anticipated to hitch the talks, in response to a press release issued by the UK Overseas Workplace.
Overseas ministers from Saudi Arabia, Egypt, the United Arab Emirates, Qatar, Bahrain, Iraq, Jordan, Lebanon and Türkiye had been all in Riyadh for Sunday’s assembly plus envoys from the European Union and the US. Different high Arab and Western officers are anticipated to attend.
A lightning insurgent offensive overthrew Assad on Dec 8 and rebels Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS), which led the advance, arrange a caretaker authorities that appointed Shibani as international minister.
“Discussions in Riyadh will probably be Arab-led and give attention to the following steps the worldwide group can take to help the interim Syrian authorities, together with mechanisms to carry the Assad regime to account for the conflict crimes they perpetrated towards the Syrian folks,” the British assertion mentioned.
