He arrived at the White House a little while ago with his meeting with him in progress.
From a wanted terrorist – for whose capture there was a $10 million reward – al-Sara became the first Syrian leader to make an official visit to Washington since 1946, when the country became independent.
At the meeting, Trump and Sarah will focus on “cooperation in the fight against terrorism, economic development and the promotion of regional peace and security,” a senior US official told Reuters.
Syria will announce that it is joining the global coalition against ISIS, the same official added.
Sarah entered through a side door
For the arrival of Ahmed al-Sara, the familiar scene that exists in the visits of foreign leaders was not set.
The Syrian president entered the White House through a side entrance, away from reporters and photojournalists, instead of the West Wing’s main door, where cameras were set up.
Also, flags of the country of the visitors are usually placed at the entrance of the West Wing. But today there were no Syrian flags there, Reuters describes.
Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa and Foreign Minister Asaad al-Shaibani seen earlier arriving at the White House, entering via the entrance to the West Wing, unlike most foreign heads of state who are greeted and enter at the front of the White House. Both are now in a…
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Not hosted at Blair House
Also, Ahmed al-Sara is not hosted at Blair House. This is the place where the guests of the American president usually stay and is located opposite the White House.
Queen Elizabeth to Nikita Khrushchev have been hosted there. This year, Emmanuel Macron, Narendra Modi and Mark Carney stayed at Blair House during their visit to Washington to meet Donald Trump.
But South African President Cyril Ramaphosa did not stay at Blair House. Volodymyr Zelensky was hosted there on his last visit to the US, but not when he was in Washington in March.
