Ahmed al-Sharaa is anticipated within the US capital in early November, Syria’s prime diplomat Asaad al-Shaibani instructed a panel on the Manama Dialogue in Bahrain.
“This go to is definitely historic,” he stated.
“Many subjects will likely be mentioned, beginning with the lifting of sanctions,” Shaibani stated, including: “Immediately we’re preventing (the Islamic State)… any effort on this regard requires worldwide assist.”
Discussions may even revolve round reconstruction after greater than a decade of conflict, he stated.
The overseas ministry in Damascus confirmed the journey could be the first-ever go to to the White Home by a Syrian president.
On Saturday, US envoy to Syria Tom Barrack stated Sharaa was heading to Washington “hopefully” to signal an settlement to hitch the worldwide US-led alliance in opposition to the Islamic State (IS).
Though it will likely be Sharaa’s first go to to Washington, it will likely be his second to the US, after a landmark UN journey in September, the place the previous jihadist grew to become the primary Syrian president in many years to deal with the UN Normal Meeting in New York.
In Could, the interim chief, whose Islamist forces ousted longtime ruler Bashar al-Assad late final 12 months, met Trump for the primary time in Riyadh throughout a historic go to that led to the US chief vowing to raise financial sanctions on Syria.
