Ahmed al-Sharaa is predicted 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 actually historic,” he mentioned.
“Many subjects can be mentioned, beginning with the lifting of sanctions,” Shaibani mentioned, including: “Right now we’re combating (the Islamic State)… any effort on this regard requires worldwide assist.”
Discussions can even revolve round reconstruction after greater than a decade of battle, he mentioned.
The international ministry in Damascus confirmed the journey can be the first-ever go to to the White Home by a Syrian president.
On Saturday, US envoy to Syria Tom Barrack mentioned Sharaa was heading to Washington “hopefully” to signal an settlement to affix the worldwide US-led alliance towards the Islamic State (IS).
Though it is going to be Sharaa’s first go to to Washington, it is going to 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 Basic Meeting in New York.
In Could, the interim chief, whose Islamist forces ousted longtime ruler Bashar al-Assad late final yr, 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.
