Seven months after the fall of the Syrian ruler Bashar al-Assad Great Britain officially again officially admitted diplomatic relationships with the transitional government there. Foreign Minister David Lammy announced this after a meeting with Interim President Ahmed al-Sharaa in the capital Damascus.
The Labor politician was as the first British minister in Syria for 14 years. Lammy said his government wanted to help “to build a stable, safer and wealthier future for all Syrians”. A stable Syria is in the interests of Great Britain, since it reduces the risk of irregular migration, enables the annihilation of chemical weapons and counteract the risk of terrorism. In Syria there are still residues of chemical weapons of the Assad regime.
Al-Assad was overthrown in December after long years of the civil war. More than 50 years of authoritarian rule of the Assad family came to an end. In the meantime, the country is led by a transitional government with around 23 million inhabitants led by Interim President Al-Sharaa. Al-Sharaa was the head of the Islamist group Haiat Tahrir al-Scham (HTS), which cited the rebel alliance, which Assad finally fell on December 8th. The new leadership endeavors to approach the international community.