Syria's de facto leader Ahmed al-Sharaa met today with a high-ranking Ukrainian delegation led by Ukrainian Foreign Minister Andriy Sibiga, Reuters reported, citing the Syrian state news agency SANA.
Last week, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky announced that he had instructed the Ukrainian Foreign Ministry to establish contacts with the new authorities in Syria, Ukrinform and BTA recall.
"I instructed our Foreign Ministry to work more actively to establish all necessary contacts with representatives of the Syrian people and to correct the mistakes of (long-time President Bashar) Assad in relation to Ukraine and the whole of Europe," he said.