The Syrian Foreign Minister heads to the UAE, Qatar and Jordan to “build partnerships” | Politics news

The war-torn country is seeking much-needed investment, as Saudi Arabia also prepares to play a major role in reconstruction.

Syrian Foreign Minister Asaad Hassan Al-Shaibani announced that he will visit Qatar, the United Arab Emirates and Jordan, having just made his first official foreign trip to Saudi Arabia earlier this week.

The new Syrian government’s chief diplomat said in a social media post on Friday that he would visit the three countries this week “to support stability, security, economic recovery, and build distinguished partnerships.”

The new government, made up of rebels who brought decades of brutal rule Lion The Gulf family, which ended abruptly last month, is eager to attract investment from wealthy Gulf states to help rebuild the country’s infrastructure and boost an economy torn apart by more than a decade of war.

Kingdom of Saudi Arabia It already appears that he is set to play a major role in reviving the country. Earlier this week, Al-Shaibani headed a high-level delegation to Riyadh that included the new Minister of Defense and the head of Intelligence.

The Syrian news agency SANA reported that a Saudi delegation from the King Salman Humanitarian Aid and Relief Center headed to Damascus today, Friday, and met with the Syrian Minister of Health, Maher Al-Sharaa, to discuss humanitarian and medical cooperation.

The Saudi visit comes with the formation of the new government led by… Ahmed al-SharaaHe is trying to revive the devastated health system, which is in ruins after 13 years of war and plagued by nepotism and corruption.

Al-Sharaa and Lebanese caretaker Prime Minister Najib Mikati agreed on Friday in a phone call to restore calm on the 375-kilometre (233-mile) border after clashes between Lebanese soldiers and Syrian militants resulted in the injury of five of Al-Sharaa.

Mikati’s office issued a statement quoting Al-Sharaa as saying that his administration had done “everything necessary to restore calm on the border and prevent a recurrence of what happened.”

The law that leads Hayat Tahrir al-Sham Hay’at Tahrir al-Sham also invited Mikati to visit Damascus and discuss common interests.