Turkish foreign minister attends meeting on future of Syria in Jordan

ISTANBUL

Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan on Saturday participated in ministerial talks on the future of Syria after the fall of Bashar Assad’s regime.

The Red Sea city of Aqaba in Jordan, which shares a border with Syria, is hosting discussions as part of efforts to foster regional stability and international cooperation in the war-torn country.

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken, EU Foreign Policy Chief Kaja Kallas, and UN Special Envoy for Syria Geir Pedersen also attended the meeting. Representatives from Jordan, UAE, France, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Iraq, Lebanon, Egypt, Germany, the UK, and Arab League will also attend the discussions.

This is the first international meeting on Syria after the fall of the Assad regime.

Bashar al-Assad, Syria’s leader for nearly 25 years, fled to Russia after anti-regime groups took control of Damascus on Dec. 8, ending the Baath Party regime, which had been in power in Syria since 1963.