List of international presidential trips made by Ahmed al-Sharaa

Last updated

Ahmed al-Sharaa in July 2025 (3x4 close cropped).jpg
This article is part of
a series about
Ahmed al-Sharaa
Personal
Political offices
President of Syria
Incumbent
Syrian civil war
Governments
Fall of the Assad regime
Ahmed al-Sharaa signature 2.svg

Ahmed al-Sharaa has made a total of 16 public international trips to eleven countries as the President of Syria since 29 January 2025. [1] [2]

Contents

Summary

The number of visits per country where he has traveled are:

Map of international trips made by Ahmed al-Sharaa as president, as of 2025: .mw-parser-output .legend{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .legend-color{display:inline-block;min-width:1.25em;height:1.25em;line-height:1.25;margin:1px 0;text-align:center;border:1px solid black;background-color:transparent;color:black}.mw-parser-output .legend-text{} Syria One visit Two visits Three visits Four or more visits Global presidential trips of Ahmed al-Sharaa.svg
Map of international trips made by Ahmed al-Sharaa as president, as of 2025:
  Syria
  One visit
  Two visits
  Three visits
  Four or more visits

2025

CountryAreas visitedDatesDetails
1Flag of Saudi Arabia.svg Saudi Arabia Riyadh
Jeddah
Mecca 		2–3 FebruaryMet with Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, accompanied by Foreign Minister Asaad al-Shaibani. [3] It was the first official trip abroad since the fall of the Assad regime. [4] He later went to Jeddah to head for Mecca to perform Umrah. [5]
2Flag of Turkey.svg Turkey Ankara 4 FebruaryMet with Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdoğan. [6]
3Flag of Jordan.svg Jordan Amman 26 FebruaryOfficial visit. Met with Abdullah II of Jordan, accompanied by Foreign Minister Asaad al-Shaibani. [7]
4Flag of Egypt.svg Egypt Cairo 4 MarchPresident al-Sharaa attended the Arab League's emergency summits. [8]

On the sidelines of the summits, he met with President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi, [9] European Council president António Costa, [10] Palestinian president Mahmoud Abbas, Lebanese President Joseph Aoun, United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres, [11] and Yemeni Presidential Leadership Council Chairman Rashad al-Alimi. [12]

5Flag of Turkey.svg Turkey Antalya 11–13 AprilPresident al-Sharaa and First Lady Latifa al-Droubi attended the fourth Antalya Diplomacy Forum. [13] [14]

On the sidelines of the Antalya Diplomacy Forum, he met with Azerbaijani president Ilham Aliyev, Kosovan president Vjosa Osmani, Kurdistan Region president Nechirvan Barzan, Libyan prime minister Abdul Hamid Dbeibeh, Qatari prime minister Mohammed bin Abdulrahman al-Thani, [15] and Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdoğan. [16] [17]

6Flag of the United Arab Emirates.svg United Arab Emirates Abu Dhabi 13 AprilOfficial visit. Met with UAE president Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan and his accompanying delegation. [18] [19]
7Flag of Qatar.svg Qatar Doha 15 AprilOfficial visit. Met with Emir Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani, accompanied by Foreign Minister Asaad al-Shaibani. [20] [21] He later met with the Syrian community group, [22] followed by an official meeting with Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammed Shia' Al Sudani and Emir Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani. [23] [24]
8Flag of France.svg France Paris 7 MayOfficial visit. Met with President Emmanuel Macron, accompanied by Foreign Minister Asaad al-Shaibani, Disaster Management and Emergency Response Minister Raed al-Saleh, and Director of the General Intelligence Service Hussein al-Salama. [25] [26] It was the first official visit to Europe since taking office as president. [27]
9Flag of Bahrain.svg Bahrain Sakhir 10 MayOfficial visit. Met with King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa, accompanied by the Syrian delegation. [28] Upon arrival, he met Nasser bin Hamad Al Khalifa. [29]
10Flag of Saudi Arabia.svg Saudi Arabia Riyadh14 May Met with US President Donald Trump. [30] It was the first meeting between the American and Syrian heads of state since Bill Clinton and Hafez al-Assad convened in Geneva in 2000. [31] Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman and Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdoğan took part in the meeting. [32]
11Flag of Turkey.svg Turkey Istanbul
Ankara 		24–25 MayMet with Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan, Defense Minister Yaşar Güler, and Intelligence Director İbrahim Kalın at the Dolmabahçe Palace, accompanied by Foreign Minister Asaad al-Shaibani, Defense Minister Murhaf Abu Qasra. [33] He later met with U.S. Ambassador to Turkey, Tom Barrack. [34] [35]
12Flag of Kuwait.svg Kuwait Kuwait City 1 JuneOfficial visit. Met with Emir Mishal Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah, accompanied by the Syrian delegation. [36] He later met with the Syrian delegation from the Syrian community and a Kuwaiti businessman, [37] [38] followed by an expanded meeting with Kuwait's First Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Interior, Fahad Yusuf Al-Sabah, and Foreign Minister Abdullah Ali Al-Yahya. [39]
13Flag of the United Arab Emirates.svg United Arab Emirates Abu Dhabi 7 JulyWorking visit. President al-Sharaa arrived via Al Bateen Airport and was received by UAE Foreign Minister Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan. [40] He met with UAE president Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, accompanied by the Syrian delegation, to discuss the advancement of Syria–United Arab Emirates relations. [41]
14Flag of Azerbaijan.svg Azerbaijan Baku 12 JulyWorking visit. Met with Azerbaijani president Ilham Aliyev, accompanied by the Syrian delegation, for an expanded meeting between the two countries. [42] [43]
15Flag of Qatar.svg Qatar Doha 15 SeptemberPresident al-Sharaa attended the Arab–Islamic extraordinary summits. [44]

On the sidelines of the summits, he met with Emir Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani, [45] Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, [46] Lebanese President Joseph Aoun, [47] and Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdoğan. [48]

16Flag of the United States.svg United States New York City 21 September - presentPresident al-Sharaa arrived in New York City to attend the 80th opening of the United Nations General Assembly. [49] On the following day, al-Sharaa met with Marco Rubio, the U.S. Secretary of State, at the Lotte New York Palace Hotel. [50] He later met with members of the Syrian community and eleven members of the Jewish community. [51] He then participated in the 2025 Concordia Annual Summit and met with former U.S. General David Petraeus. [52] On September 24, he addressed the general debate of the 80th session of the United Nations General Assembly, becoming the first Syrian leader to do so since Nureddin al-Atassi in 1967. [53] [nb 1]

On the sidelines of the UN general assembly, President al-Sharaa met separately with US President Donald Trump, US First Lady Melania Trump, [56] United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres, [57] Latvian President Edgars Rinkēvičs, [58] Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis, [59] Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, [60] Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni, [61] Netherlands Prime Minister Dick Schoof, [62] King Felipe VI of Spain, [63] French President Emmanuel Macron, [64] and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy. Following these meetings, Zelenskyy and al-Sharaa announced the restoration of diplomatic relations between their countries, which had been severed after the Assad regime recognized the independence of the Donetsk and Luhansk People's Republics in June 2022. [65] [66]

President al-Sharaa participated in a discussion with Charles Lister at the Middle East Institute. [67]

Multilateral meetings

Multilateral meetings of the following intergovernmental organizations to which Syria is a member or has been invited are scheduled to take place during al-Sharaa's presidency.

GroupYear
2025
Arab League 4 March [68] [nb 2]
Flag of Egypt.svg Cairo
17 May [nb 3]
Flag of Iraq.svg Baghdad [a]
Arab League and OIC 15 September [69]
Flag of Qatar.svg Doha
UNGA 24 September [70]
Flag of the United States.svg New York City
Russia-Arab summit15 October [71]
Flag of Russia.svg Moscow
██ = Did not attend; ██ = Future event
^a Foreign Minister Asaad al-Shaibani attended in the president's place. [72] [73]

See also

Notes

  1. ↑ Nureddin al-Atassi spoke after the Six-Day War, not during the general debate. [54] Despite the Assad family’s rule from 1971 until the regime’s fall, both Hafez and Bashar never spoke at the United Nations General Assembly, until Ahmed al-Sharaa became the first Syrian head of state to do so. [55]
  2. ↑ Emergency summits
  3. ↑ Arab summits

References

  1. ↑ "Former rebel leader is Syria's new interim president". Voice of America . 29 January 2025. Archived from the original on 31 January 2025. Retrieved 31 January 2025. Commanders of military factions that toppled the former regime named Ahmed al-Sharaa, who has served as the de facto head of government since the fall of Assad, as president during the formation of a new government
  2. ↑ SEWELL, ABBY; ALBAM, OMAR (30 January 2025). "Leader of rebels who toppled Syrian President Bashar Assad is named country's interim president". Associated Press . Damascus, Syria. Archived from the original on 30 January 2025. Retrieved 30 January 2025.
  3. ↑ "Syria's President al-Sharaa meets Saudi Arabia's MBS in first foreign trip". Al Jazeera English . 2 February 2025. Archived from the original on 5 February 2025. Retrieved 2 February 2025.
  4. ↑ Majumdar, Roshni (2 February 2025). Rahn, Wesley (ed.). "Saudi Arabia wants to support Syria, says al-Sharaa". Deutsche Welle . Archived from the original on 2 February 2025. Retrieved 2 February 2025.
  5. ↑ "التقى ولي العهد ويؤدي مناسك العمرة.. ملفات يبحثها الشرع في السعودية" [Met with the Crown Prince and performed Umrah.. Files discussed by Al-Sharaa in Saudi Arabia]. Al Araby (in Arabic). 3 February 2025. Archived from the original on 13 February 2025. Retrieved 3 February 2025.
  6. ↑ "Syria's Sharaa meets with Turkey's Erdogan". Voice of America . 4 February 2025. Archived from the original on 5 February 2025. Retrieved 5 February 2025.
  7. ↑ Fedaa (26 February 2025). "President al-Sharaa discusses with King Abdullah II means of developing cooperation on common issues". Syrian Arab News Agency . Archived from the original on 27 February 2025. Retrieved 27 February 2025.
  8. ↑ "Al-Sharaa in first Arab summit: An Arab desire and confirmation of recognition". Enab Baladi. 12 March 2025. Retrieved 24 September 2025.
  9. ↑ "President El-Sisi Meets Syria's President al-Sharaa". State Information Service . 5 March 2025.
  10. ↑ "President Costa meets interim President of Syria". European Council . Retrieved 16 April 2025.
  11. ↑ "UN chief, Syrian president discuss 'historic opportunity to chart new course for Syria'". Anadolu Agency . Retrieved 15 April 2025.
  12. ↑ "Al-Alimi and Al-Aradah Meet Syrian President Al-Sharaa in Cairo". Barran Press. 4 March 2025. Retrieved 15 April 2025.
  13. ↑ Ula, enab10 (11 April 2025). "Al-Sharaa attends 4th Antalya Diplomacy Forum". Enab Baladi. Retrieved 11 April 2025.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  14. ↑ "أمينة أردوغان تلتقي بعقيلة الرئيس السوري" [Emine Erdoğan meets with the wife of the Syrian president]. Anadolu Agency (in Arabic). 11 April 2025. Archived from the original on 11 April 2025. Retrieved 11 April 2025.
  15. ↑ "UPDATE - Syria's Al-Sharaa meets leaders, top officials on sidelines of Antalya Diplomacy Forum". US Muslims (in Turkish). 11 April 2025. Retrieved 11 April 2025.
  16. ↑ Qadi, Ahora (11 April 2025). "Nechirvan Barzani: We Support President al-Sharaa's Vision for a Syria That Embraces All Its People". Kurdistan 24 . Retrieved 12 April 2025.
  17. ↑ Sabah, Daily (11 April 2025). "'Türkiye to continue to push for elimination of sanctions on Syria'". Daily Sabah . Retrieved 12 April 2025.
  18. ↑ Fedaa (13 April 2025). "President al-Sharaa and his accompanying delegation arrive in the UAE". Syrian Arab News Agency . Retrieved 13 April 2025.
  19. ↑ "Syrian president embarks on 1st official visit to UAE". Anadolu Agency . Retrieved 13 April 2025.
  20. ↑ nisreen (15 April 2025). "President Ahmad al-Sharaa and Foreign Minister Asaad al-Shaibani arrive in the State of Qatar". Syrian Arab News Agency . Retrieved 15 April 2025.
  21. ↑ "Syria's Al-Sharaa meets Qatari emir on first official visit to Doha". The New Arab . 15 March 2025. Retrieved 15 March 2025.
  22. ↑ Eyon, Mazen (15 April 2025). "President al-Sharaa meets a group of Syrian community in the brotherly state of Qatar". Syrian Arab News Agency . Retrieved 15 April 2025.
  23. ↑ "Exclusive: Iraqi PM meets Syrian transitional President in Qatar for rare security talks". Shafaq News. Retrieved 18 April 2025.
  24. ↑ nisreen (18 April 2025). "The presidency of Republic's Press release on the official meeting between the Syrian president and the Iraqi prime-minister thanks to Qatari mediation". Syrian Arab News Agency . Retrieved 18 April 2025.
  25. ↑ "Macron to host Syria's al-Sharaa in new leader's first European visit". France 24 . 6 May 2025. Retrieved 7 May 2025.
  26. ↑ "الشرع للجالية في فرنسا: تبادل سفراء وهيئة للعدالة". Enab Baladi (in Arabic). 8 May 2025. Archived from the original on 8 May 2025. Retrieved 16 May 2025.
  27. ↑ "Syrian President Sharaa arrives in Paris, his first visit to Europe since taking office". Anadolu Agency . Retrieved 10 May 2025.
  28. ↑ "HM King receives HE Syrian President, discusses relations". Bahrain News Agency . Retrieved 12 May 2025.
  29. ↑ Fedaa (10 May 2025). "President al-Sharaa arrives in the Kingdom of Bahrain in an official visit". Syrian Arab News Agency . Retrieved 10 May 2025.
  30. ↑ "Trump meets Syria's al-Sharaa, eyes normalisation of ties with Damascus". Al Jazeera English . Retrieved 14 May 2025.
  31. ↑ George, Susannah (14 May 2025). "Trump meeting was first in 25 years between U.S. and Syrian presidents". The Washington Post . ISSN   0190-8286 . Retrieved 17 May 2025.
  32. ↑ Naar, Ismaeel; Liston, Enjoli (14 May 2025). "Trump Meets Former Militant Who Now Leads Syria". The New York Times . ISSN   0362-4331 . Retrieved 17 May 2025.
  33. ↑ "Erdogan, Syria's Sharaa hold talks in Istanbul". Reuters . 24 May 2025. Archived from the original on 24 May 2025. Retrieved 24 May 2025.
  34. ↑ "Syrian leader al-Sharaa meets US Ambassador Barrack in Istanbul". Türkiye Today. Retrieved 25 May 2025.
  35. ↑ "Turkish vice president, Syrian president discuss deepening economic cooperation". Middle East Monitor . 25 May 2025. Retrieved 26 May 2025.
  36. ↑ rafah (1 June 2025). "President al-Sharaa arrives at "al-Bayan Palace" in Kuwaiti capital". Syrian Arab News Agency . Retrieved 1 June 2025.
  37. ↑ رئاسة الجمهورية العربية السورية [@SyPresidency] (1 June 2025). "اجتمع فخامة رئيس الجمهورية السيد أحمد الشرع، ووزير الخارجية، السيد أسعد الشيباني، بوفد من الجالية السورية في دولة الكويت الشقيقة، وذلك في إطار اهتمام الدولة السورية برعاية شؤون مواطنيها في الخارج" [His Excellency the President of the Republic, Mr. Ahmed Al-Sharaa, and the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Mr. Asaad Al-Shaibani, met with a delegation from the Syrian community in the sisterly State of Kuwait, as part of the Syrian state's commitment to caring for the affairs of its citizens abroad.] (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  38. ↑ Fedaa (1 June 2025). "President al-Sharaa, Foreign Minister al-Shaibani meet with a group of businessmen". Syrian Arab News Agency . Retrieved 2 June 2025.
  39. ↑ Fedaa (1 June 2025). "An expanded meeting includes President Al-Sharaa, al-Shaibani with the First Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs of Kuwait". Syrian Arab News Agency . Retrieved 2 June 2025.
  40. ↑ m.eyon (7 July 2025). "President Ahmad Al-Sharaa, and the accompanying delegation arrived in the United Arab Emirates, where they were received by His Highness Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Foreign Affairs Minister of the UAE". Syrian Arab News Agency. Retrieved 7 July 2025.
  41. ↑ "UAE President receives Syrian President". www.wam.ae. 7 July 2025. Retrieved 7 July 2025.
  42. ↑ Hajiyeva, Lala. "Syrian President Ahmad Al-Sharaa on official visit to Azerbaijan". AnewZ. Retrieved 12 July 2025.
  43. ↑ m.eyon (12 July 2025). "President al-Sharaa meets president of Azerbaijan at Zogulba Palace in Baku". Syrian Arab News Agency. Retrieved 12 July 2025.
  44. ↑ "President al-Sharaa: Syria supports Qatar in the face of Israeli aggression - SANA". 15 September 2025. Retrieved 17 September 2025.
  45. ↑ "President Al-Sharaa meets with the Emir of Qatar in Doha - SANA". 15 September 2025. Retrieved 17 September 2025.
  46. ↑ "President Al-Sharaa meets Saudi Crown Prince in Doha - SANA". 15 September 2025. Retrieved 17 September 2025.
  47. ↑ "President al-Sharaa meets Lebanese counterpart on Sidelines of Arab-Islamic Summit - SANA". 15 September 2025. Retrieved 17 September 2025.
  48. ↑ "President al-Sharaa meets Turkish President on sidelines of Arab-Islamic Summit - SANA". 15 September 2025. Retrieved 17 September 2025.
  49. ↑ "Sharaa to become first Syrian leader to attend UN meetings since 1967". Reuters. 21 September 2025. Retrieved 21 September 2025.
  50. ↑ Agencies and Jacob Magid (22 September 2025). "As Israel and Syria negotiate security deal, Sharaa balks at potential normalization". The Times of Israel. ISSN   0040-7909 . Retrieved 22 September 2025.
  51. ↑ Edelson, Daniel; York, New; Ari, Lior Ben (22 September 2025). "Al-Sharaa meets with Syrian Jews in New York: 'Moved to see this support'". Ynetglobal. Retrieved 24 September 2025.
  52. ↑ Motamedi, Maziar. "Syrian President al-Sharaa sits down with US general who arrested him". Al Jazeera. Retrieved 24 September 2025.
  53. ↑ Peltz, Jennifer; Mroue, Bassem (24 September 2025). "For the first time in nearly six decades, a Syrian president steps up to speak at the UN". AP News. Retrieved 24 September 2025.
  54. ↑ Peltz, -Jennifer; Peltz, Associated Press Jennifer; Press, Associated (24 September 2025). "WATCH: Syrian president addresses U.N., the first leader from his country to do so in nearly six decades". PBS News. Retrieved 25 September 2025.
  55. ↑ "President al-Sharaa opens UNGA speech, first Syrian leader to do so in 6 decades - SANA". 24 September 2025. Retrieved 25 September 2025.
  56. ↑ "President Ahmad Al-Sharaa meets U.S. President Donald Trump in New York - SANA". 25 September 2025. Retrieved 24 September 2025.
  57. ↑ "UN chief Guterres receives President Ahmad al-Sharaa in New York". sana.sy. 25 September 2025.
  58. ↑ "President al-Sharaa meets Latvia's Edgars Rinkevics in New York - SANA". 25 September 2025. Retrieved 24 September 2025.
  59. ↑ "President al-Sharaa meets Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis - SANA". 24 September 2025. Retrieved 24 September 2025.
  60. ↑ "President al-Sharaa meets his Turkish counterpart Erdogan in NY - SANA". 24 September 2025. Retrieved 24 September 2025.
  61. ↑ "Meloni: Meeting president al-Sharaa an opportunity to confirm Italy's support for Syria - SANA". 24 September 2025. Retrieved 24 September 2025.
  62. ↑ "President al-Sharaa meets Prime Minister of Netherland in New York - SANA". 25 September 2025. Retrieved 25 September 2025.
  63. ↑ "President al-Sharaa meets King Felipe VI of Spain in NY - SANA". 25 September 2025. Retrieved 25 September 2025.
  64. ↑ "President al-Sharaa meets his French counterpart Macron in NY - SANA". 24 September 2025. Retrieved 24 September 2025.
  65. ↑ Sonya Bandouil (25 September 2025). "Ukraine and Syria officially re-establish diplomatic relations after leaders meet at UN". The Kyiv Independent. Retrieved 25 September 2025.
  66. ↑ "President al-Sharaa meets Ukrainian President Zelensky at UNGA - SANA". 24 September 2025. Retrieved 24 September 2025.
  67. ↑ "Charles Lister: Meeting with President al-Sharaa a "historic event" - SANA". 24 September 2025. Retrieved 25 September 2025.
  68. ↑ Eyon, Mazen (4 March 2025). "President al-Sharaa to the Arab Summit: Syrian people will always stand by Palestinian brothers in their struggle to obtain their rights". Syrian Arab News Agency . Retrieved 4 March 2025.
  69. ↑ "President al-Sharaa arrives at Doha to participate in emergency Arab-Islamic summit - SANA". 15 September 2025. Retrieved 15 September 2025.
  70. ↑ "Syrian President al-Sharaa to make UN debut | The Jerusalem Post". The Jerusalem Post | JPost.com. 10 September 2025. Retrieved 14 September 2025.
  71. ↑ "Russia's Putin meets Syrian FM in Moscow, Sharaa invited to Russia-Arab summit". Reuters. 31 July 2025. Archived from the original on 31 July 2025. Retrieved 14 September 2025.
  72. ↑ Fedaa (17 May 2025). "Minister Al-Shaibani in Syria's speech during the Arab Summit in Baghdad:Lifting sanctions is not the end, but rather the beginning of a path that we hope will be paved with real cooperation". Syrian Arab News Agency . Retrieved 17 May 2025.
  73. ↑ "Syria's Sharaa to miss upcoming Arab Summit in Iraq – Middle East Monitor". Middle East Monitor . Retrieved 13 May 2025.
This page is based on this Wikipedia article
Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license; additional terms may apply.
Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.