Ankara: Syria's new Foreign Minister Asaad al-Shaibani announced he will make his first official visit to Trkiye on Wednesday. "To represent the New Syria, we will make our first official visit tomorrow to the Republic of Trkiye," Shaibani stated on X on Tuesday.

According to Anadolu Agency, Shaibani highlighted Trkiye's longstanding support for Syrians, noting that the country "has never left the Syrian people behind for the past fourteen years." Trkiye currently hosts more than 3 million Syrians who fled the civil war in 2011. The Turkish Foreign Ministry confirmed the visit and mentioned that Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan, Turkish National Defense Minister Yasar Guler, and Turkish National Intelligence Organization Chief Ibrahim Kalin will meet with their Syrian counterparts during the visit.

Shaibani was nominated as foreign minister in the new administration led by Ahmed al-Sharaa following the ouster of regime leader Bashar al-Assad in December. He holds a master's degree in Political Science and International Relations from Istanbul Sabahattin Zaim University. Ankara has pledged to assist in the rebuilding of post-Assad Syria and has called for international cooperation.