Foreign Minister Andriy Sybiha, who is paying a visit to Syria, raised a flag over the consulate in Damascus.

“Today, I had the honor of raising the Ukrainian flag over our Honorary Consulate in Damascus. Alongside Honorary Consul General Tamer Altounsi and members of our community. I thanked them for preserving the Ukrainian language and culture. Our people are our number one priority,” Sybiha said on X.

As reported, a Ukrainian delegation led by Foreign Minister Andriy Sybiha arrived in Damascus on Monday on an official visit. Sybiha met with the head of the new Syrian administration and the leader of the Hayat Tahrir Al-Sham movement Ahmed al-Sharaa (Abu Mohammad al-Julani).

The Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine said that he had arrived to personally convey a message from the head of state, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, about the support of the Syrian people.

The Foreign Minister pointed out that this is the first official visit of the Ukrainian delegation to Syria in a long time. According to him, this indicates “readiness to open a new page in bilateral relations between our countries and peoples.”