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A delegation of representatives from the 15 subordinate states of the United Nations Security Council visited Syria connected Thursday (December 4, 2025) for the archetypal clip since the council's founding successful 1945.
The sojourn comes conscionable up of the one-year day of the autumn of erstwhile Syrian President Bashar Assad successful a lightning rebel offensive. It marks the country's continued reintegration into the planetary fold nether its caller authorities headed by erstwhile Islamist insurgent person and present interim President Ahmad al-Sharaa.
In little remarks to journalists successful Damascus, Samuel Žbogar, imperishable typical of Slovenia to the U.N. and president of the Security Council, said the delegation had travel to “build trust,” adding that “I anticipation that contiguous we made a measurement forward.”
He said the delegation had met with al-Sharaa, Foreign Minister Asaad al-Shibani and different furniture members. The radical besides met with section UN staff, Syrian civilian nine and spiritual leaders, and communities affected by sectarian unit earlier this twelvemonth connected the seashore and successful confederate Syria's Sweida province.
They besides met with the governors of those regions and representatives of the committee for missing persons and committees formed to analyse the sectarian violence, helium said.
Mr. Žbogar said they discussed topics related to justice, reconciliation, inclusivity and nationalist dialog successful the country's ongoing governmental transition, arsenic good arsenic economical development, counter-terrorism and the “need for Syria not to beryllium the root of menace to the information of different countries.”
The delegation, helium said, reiterated the planetary community's enactment for Syria's “sovereignty, unity, independency and territorial integrity.”
Syria's state-run SANA news bureau said the delegation besides visited the heavy war-damaged Damascus suburb of Jobar and historical sites successful aged Damascus.
It noted that Security Council visits are uncommon due to the fact that they necessitate unanimous statement among the 15 members.
