BRUSSELS Jan. 17 (EUROPA PRESS) –
The Community Commissioner for Equality, Preparedness and Crisis Management, Hadja Lahbib, arrived in Damascus this Friday to discuss urgent humanitarian aid with the new Syrian authorities after the fall of Bashar al Assad’s regime.
The Belgian commissioner thus becomes the first senior EU official to visit Syria after the overthrow of Al Assad, once the European bloc has resumed its activity in the Embassy in Damascus.
“I arrive in Damascus, Syria, a country overflowing with hope and optimism for a better future. But also with immense needs: almost 17 million people need humanitarian aid,” he said in a message on social networks along with a photograph inside. of a plane.
Lahbib has indicated that during his stay he will ensure that the Syrian population “receives the urgent help they need.”
Before Lahbib, several ministers from EU member states have already arrived in Damascus, including the Spanish José Manuel Albares, who on Thursday met in the Syrian capital with the ‘de facto’ leader of the new Government, Ahmed al Shara.
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