president · Syria · visit (президент · сирия · визит)
French President Emmanuel Macron will visit Syria for an official trip and hold talks with his Syrian counterpart, Ahmed al-Sharaa, marking the first time in 17 years that a French president has visited the country.
Consensus
- French President Emmanuel Macron will visit Syria for an official visit
- The visit will be the first by a French president since 2009
- Macron will meet with Syrian interim President Ahmed al-Sharaa
- The two leaders will discuss strengthening bilateral relations and regional issues of mutual interest
- A roundtable meeting between delegations from both countries is planned
- Macron's visit will be accompanied by a delegation of French investors and company representatives
Points of divergence
- The visit marks the first official visit by a French leader to Syria since 2009, when Nicolas Sarkozy visited — vedomosti
- Macron will be the first Western leader to visit Syria with an official visit after the change of power in late 2024 — kommersant
- In May 2025, al-Sharaa visited Paris and met Macron at the Elysée Palace — vedomosti
- The first session of Syria's People's Council was postponed due to Macron's visit — kommersant
- In November 2025, the UN Security Council passed a resolution to lift sanctions on al-Sharaa — vedomosti
- In October 2025, the Syrian president stated that Syria's relations with Moscow do not contradict building relationships with the West — vedomosti
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