Syrian FM says country has “gained freedom” but challenges lie ahead

The foreign minister in Syria’s transitional government, Asaad Al Shibani, has discussed how Syria has “gained its freedom” from the previous president Bashar Al Assad, but that a number of challenges lie ahead, The National reported on February 12th.

Al-Shibani told the World Governments Summit in Dubai that “Syria has gained its freedom. The most important thing is that we freed the Syrian people.”

But he also mentioned that issues lie ahead. “We inherited strained relations with neighbouring countries, but we have started to gradually improve them,” Al Shibani said.

Since the end of the Assad-led regime, the country’s new administration has tried to strengthen relations in the region and elsewhere.

The National