The Foreign Minister of Jordan will hold talks with the new leader of Syria

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2024-12-23 10:42:00 | Bota

The Foreign Minister of Jordan will hold talks with the new leader of Syria

Jordanian Foreign Minister Ayman Safadi is expected to go to Damascus on Monday to meet with Syria's new leader, Ahmed al-Sharaa, Amman said.

It will be the latest high-profile visit since the ouster of Bashar al-Assad.

Jordan, which borders Syria to the south, hosted a summit earlier this month where top Arab, Turkish, EU and US diplomats called for a comprehensive and peaceful transition after years of civil war.

Sharaa, whose Islamist group Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) led the offensive that toppled Assad on December 8, has welcomed senior officials from a host of countries in the Middle East and beyond in recent days.

The Jordanian Foreign Ministry said in a statement that Safadi will meet with the new Syrian leader on Monday, as well as "several Syrian officials".

This is the first visit by a senior Jordanian official since the fall of Assad.

Government spokesman Mohamed Momani told reporters on Sunday that Jordan "stands by the will of the brotherly Syrian people," stressing the close ties between the two nations.

Momani said the kingdom would like to see the restoration of security and stability in Syria and supported the "unity of its territories".

Stability in war-torn Syria is in Jordan's interests, Momani said, and would "establish security on its borders."

Some Syrians who had fled the war since 2011 and sought refuge in Jordan have begun returning home, according to Jordanian authorities.

The interior ministry said on Thursday that more than 7,000 Syrians have left, out of an estimated 1.3 million refugees that Amman says it has hosted.

According to the United Nations, 680,000 Syrian refugees were registered in Jordan./ REL (A2 Televizion)

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