The foreign ministers of Syria and Egypt discussed together for the first time since the overthrow of the Syrian government.
On Tuesday, the Syrian Minister of Foreign Affairs, Asad Hasan Shibani, spoke on the phone with his Egyptian counterpart, Badr Abdalatty. It was the first contact between the representatives of these countries since the overthrow of Bashar Assad’s regime by Islamist rebels. TASR informs about it based on the AFP report.
Šíbání expressed his satisfaction with the call, writes AFP. During it, Abdalátti “stressed the importance of the role that both countries play in ensuring stability and prosperity in the region.” According to him, Egypt and Syria have a “common history and a promising future”.
Bashar Assad fled Syria on the night of December 8 after rebels led by the Islamist group Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) launched a surprise offensive on November 27 and captured the two largest cities of Aleppo and Damascus in short succession.
