Baku: Syrian President Ahmad al-Sharaa arrived in Azerbaijan on Saturday for his first official visit to the country since taking office earlier this year, according to Syria's official news agency SANA and Azerbaijan's state-run AZERTAC.

According to Anadolu Agency, while neither agency disclosed the duration or full agenda of the visit, it marks another stop in al-Sharaa's diplomatic tour that began following his appointment on Jan. 29. Since assuming office, he has visited Trkiye, France, Egypt, Jordan, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Bahrain, the United Arab Emirates, and Kuwait.

A transitional administration led by al-Sharaa was formed in Syria in January following the fall of the regime of Bashar al-Assad. Assad, who ruled Syria for nearly 25 years, fled to Russia in December, ending the Baath Party's decades-long grip on power that began in 1963.