MANAMA: Syria’s president will discuss issues including lifting remaining sanctions, reconstruction and counter-terrorism when he becomes the country’s first leader to pay an official visit to Washington later this month, the foreign minister said Sunday.
Ahmed Al-Sharaa is expected in the US capital in early November, Syria’s top diplomat Asaad Al-Shaibani told a panel at the Manama Dialogue in Bahrain.
“This visit is certainly historic,” he said.
“Many topics will be discussed, starting with the lifting of sanctions,” Shaibani said, adding: “Today we are fighting (the Islamic State) ... any effort in this regard requires international support.”
Discussions will also revolve around reconstruction after more than a decade of war, he said.
