Foreign Minister Radosław Sikorski (KO) talked to the head of Syrian diplomacy about the restoration of the Polish embassy in Damascus. The gathering took place at the margins of the 80th session of the UN General Assembly in fresh York City.
"The talks concerned: restoring the Polish Embassy to work in Damascus (now in Beirut), improvement assistance, support for democratic change in Syria" - the Ministry of abroad Affairs said on Thursday. The Polish embassy in Syria is presently operating from Beirut for safety reasons.
New power in Syria
In Syria there is now a transitional administration, which was created after the overthrow of president Bashar al-Assad's multi-year government last December. The fundamentalist organization Hajat Tahrir asz-Sham (HTS) played a key function in this change of power.
The leader of this armed group Ahmed al-Shara presently serves as interim president of Syria. HTS was the main force in the offensive that led to the collapse of the long-standing government of Assad after years of civilian war.
First election after Asad
The Syrian Electoral Committee announced on Sunday that parliamentary elections would take place on 5 October, according to the SANA agency. This will be the first election since the overthrow of the Assad government and a key test for the fresh transitional administration.
Sources used: "PAP" Note: This article has been edited with the aid of Artificial Intelligence.
