First international visit! Syrian President leaves for Saudi Arabia

Syria's interim president Ahmed al-Sharaa is leaving for his first foreign visit. He will visit Saudi Arabia on Sunday. The information was reported by Saudi television Al Arabiya TV, citing its sources.

This will be Sharaa's first official international visit as head of state after the overthrow of Bashar al-Assad's regime.

Ahmed al-Sharaa is seeking international support for his government.

On January 24, the Saudi foreign minister was in the Syrian capital Damascus, where he said his country was negotiating with the United States and Western European countries in an attempt to lift some of the sanctions imposed on Syria.