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Syrian Foreign Minister Asaad al-Shaibani (L) meets with UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres at United Nations headquarters in New York City on April 28, 2025. AFP
By TRENDS Desk AFP
April 29, 2025 11:53 pm
  • A foreign ministry statement said that Shaibani met with the Chinese ambassador to the United Nations, Fu Cong, at UN headquarters in New York
  • In the meeting with Beijing's envoy, Shaibani said the two countries "will work together to build a long-term strategic partnership in the near future

Damascus, Syria – Syrian Foreign Minister Asaad al-Shaibani expressed on Monday his government’s willingness to build a “strategic partnership” with China, a key backer of ousted ruler Bashar al-Assad.

A foreign ministry statement said that Shaibani met with the Chinese ambassador to the United Nations, Fu Cong, at UN headquarters in New York, where he had been representing Syria at a session of the Security Council.

In the meeting with Beijing’s envoy, Shaibani said Syria’s new government was seeking to “strengthen relations with China” and that the two countries “will work together to build a long-term strategic partnership in the near future”, according to the statement.

This was not the first high-level meeting between the two governments since Islamist-led forces toppled Assad in December, capping years of civil war. In late February, interim President Ahmed al-Sharaa met with the Chinese ambassador to Damascus.

Along with Russia and Iran, China was an important backer of the Assad government, including during the war, which broke out in 2011.

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