After 12 years, the imminent and “very important” trip of Bashar al-Assad to China.
According to the Al-Akhbar news website, after the media publication of the agreement on the economic corridor between India and Europe at the G20 meeting in New Delhi, which will connect to Germany from the Gulf (Persian) and Haifa port in occupied Palestine and then from Greece, the “Al-Akhbar” website It has been reported that Syrian President Bashar al-Assad may travel to China in the coming weeks at the head of a high-level delegation.
Diplomatic sources told Al-Akhbar that it is likely that a high-ranking Syrian delegation will soon travel to the Chinese capital to hold high-level meetings with Chinese officials to discuss the development of bilateral relations and China’s role in helping the country. to pay
Syrian diplomatic officials noted that the visit would be “very important” and that Bashar al-Assad would meet Chinese President Xi Jinping in an official ceremony.
After Beijing’s role in the reconciliation between Saudi Arabia and Iran this spring, the visit of the Syrian president will be a strategic turning point in the path of relations between Syria and China and another curtain on China’s role in the region. This trip is primarily political and emphasizes China’s desire to establish the legitimacy of the Syrian government and its president at the international level, despite the efforts of the Americans to create an obstacle in the path of Arab-Syrian reconciliation and to deprive the Syrian government of investment.
This meeting also confirms China’s desire to expand its role and presence in West Asia and send a message to the US government that it ignores the West’s concerns despite its strong position in the Security Council on Syria.