Sharaa to discuss sanctions and reconstruction in US visit: FM

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 on Sunday.

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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 Daesh... any effort in this regard requires international support.”

Discussions will also revolve around reconstruction after more than a decade of war, he said.