Syrian president meets Jordan’s king in Amman on 1st official visit

By Laith Al-Jnaidi

AMMAN, Jordan (AA) – Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa met with Jordan’s King Abdullah II in Amman on Wednesday on his first official visit to the kingdom.

A royal court statement said the Jordanian monarch welcomed the Syrian leader upon his arrival at Marka Airport in Amman.

No details were provided about the duration of Sharaa’s visit to Jordan.

Bashar al-Assad, Syria’s leader for nearly 25 years, fled to Russia on Dec. 8, ending the Baath Party’s regime, which had been in power since 1963.

The next day, Sharaa, the leader of the new Syrian administration, who was appointed president on Jan. 29, tasked Mohammed Al-Bashir with forming a government to oversee Syria’s transitional period.

*Writing by Ahmed Asmar