Qatar delegation to meet Syria's interim government on Sunday

14/12/2024 6:27

Qatar will send its first official delegation to Damascus on Sunday to meet Syria's interim government and discuss reopening the Qatari embassy and enhancing humanitarian aid deliveries, a Qatari official told Reuters on Friday.



Previous reports by Syria's information ministry about a visit by Qatar's intelligence chief on Thursday were untrue, the Qatari official said.



The visit will come less than a week after Qatari diplomats spoke with Syria's leading rebel faction, Hayat Tahrir al-Sham, as regional countries race to open contact with the group and the interim government it established after its rapid offensive toppled President Bashar al-Assad.



Turkish intelligence chief Ibrahim Kalin was in Damascus on Thursday for talks involving Syria's new leadership.