Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa held a series of meetings on Wednesday with leaders and officials from seven countries on the sidelines of the United Nations Climate Change Conference, COP31, being held in the Turkish city of Antalya.
According to a post on the Syrian president’s Facebook account, al-Sharaa met Pakistani Prime Minister Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif, Finnish President Alexander Stubb, and Bangladeshi Prime Minister Tarique Rahman.
He also met Lebanese Prime Minister Nawaf Salam, Turkish Vice President Cevdet Yılmaz, and President of the Kurdistan Region of Iraq Nechirvan Barzani.
The meetings also included Sheikh Saud bin Saqr Al Qasimi, Ruler of Ras Al Khaimah in the United Arab Emirates, and Ismail Ould Cheikh Ahmed, Secretary-General of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation.
Meanwhile, the Syrian president’s official page published photographs of al-Sharaa and his wife, Latifa al-Droubi, during a meeting with Emine Erdoğan, the wife of the Turkish president, on the sidelines of the conference.
Al-Sharaa is taking part in the Summit of World Leaders and Heads of Government as part of the climate conference, which is being held on November 11 and 12 in Antalya.
The conference opened on Monday and will continue until November 20, bringing together international delegations to discuss climate change and climate finance issues.
