The head of EU crisis management, Hadja Lahbib, traveled to Syria on Friday, becoming the first EU official to do so since longstanding leader Bashar Assad was overthrown last month by Hayat Tahrir Al Sham troops.
Lahbib was reportedly meeting with “a delegation from the European Commission,” led by the EU official, according to pictures released by the Syrian state news agency SANA featuring him with the nation’s new leader, Ahmed Al-Sharaa.
To deepen their relationship with the new government, European ministers travel to Syria recently.
The European Union sent top diplomats from France and Germany to Damascus. This journey, which is a part of a wave of outreach to the West, is the first of its kind in years.
Furthermore, Thursday marked the first formal meeting between Syria and Spain since the overthrow of the Bashar al-Assad dictatorship last month.
Ahmed al-Sharaa, the country’s new administration chief, met with a high-level delegation from Spain in Damascus.
The minister plans to pay tribute to victims of Assad regime brutality by making a symbolic visit to Sednaya Prison in Damascus, according to a prior statement from the Spanish Foreign Ministry.
In addition, Albares will travel to Syria to oversee the hoisting of Spain’s flag, which hasn’t been flown since the Spanish ambassador left in 2012.
After the Baath Party’s administration, which had ruled Syria since 1963, was overthrown by anti-regime forces on December 8, Assad, who had commanded the country for almost 25 years, escaped to Russia.
Source: Arab News and Anadolu
