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Syria's Shibani expected at Brussels donor summit
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Posted on March 12, 2025
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Posted on March 12, 2025
1 min readLast updated: January 24, 2026
Syria's Foreign Minister Asaad al-Shibani will attend the Brussels donor summit on March 17, marking Syria's first formal representation at the yearly EU-hosted conference.
DAMASCUS (Reuters) -Syria's foreign minister Asaad al-Shibani is set to attend a donor summit for his country in Brussels on March 17, a European official told Reuters on Wednesday, the first time Syria will be formally represented at the yearly conference.
The official said that Syria's interim president Ahmed al-Sharaa was not expected to be at the donor meeting, after a Syrian source and two diplomats had told Reuters he was expected there.
The yearly conference, hosted by the European Union, aims to "mobilise international support for an inclusive, peaceful transition" and will be the first time it is held following the ouster of Bashar al-Assad from power in December.
In the past, representatives of Syrian civil society were invited to take part in the summit - but the Syrian state was not.
(Reporting by Timour Azhari in Damascus and Maya Gebeily in Beirut; Editing by Andrew Heavens, Alexandra Hudson)
Syria's foreign minister Asaad al-Shibani is set to attend the donor summit in Brussels on March 17.
No, Syria's interim president Ahmed al-Sharaa is not expected to attend the donor meeting.
The yearly conference aims to mobilize international support for an inclusive, peaceful transition in Syria.
Yes, representatives of Syrian civil society have been invited to participate in past summits, but the Syrian state was not.
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