The United States is working to arrange a meeting between Ahmed al Sharaa and Benjamin Netanyahu in September.
The US administration is seeking to organize a tripartite meeting involving Syrian transitional President Ahmed al Sharaa and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, with the participation of former US President Donald Trump, on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly meetings scheduled for next month in New York.
According to the report, the appointment of Ibrahim Olabi as Syria’s new permanent representative to the United Nations could be an indication of the seriousness of efforts to hold this meeting, which would be the first of its kind since recent tensions in the region.
In a related context, Syrian sources said that Damascus and Tel Aviv are close to signing a limited security agreement, which is expected to be announced next September, also during the General Assembly meetings.
The anticipated agreement won’t amount to a comprehensive peace treaty, but will focus solely on security aspects, with the goal of reducing tensions and controlling the border situation, particularly in southern Syria.
Syrian Foreign Minister Asaad al Shaibani met with Israeli Minister of Strategic Affairs Ron Dermer in Paris, where the two sides discussed security arrangements for southern Syria.
Meanwhile, the official Syrian news agency, SANA, confirmed a meeting between al Shaibani and an Israeli delegation, without naming the Israeli participants.
SANA indicated that the talks focused on issues including de-escalation, respect for Syrian sovereignty, and the activation of the disengagement agreement signed between the two countries in 1974.
It’s worth noting that a series of unannounced meetings between Syrian and Israeli officials have taken place in recent years, mediated by the United States, following the fall of the former Syrian regime.
These talks aim to reach understandings that could eventually be included in the Abraham Accords sponsored by Washington, although a comprehensive peace doesn’t currently appear to be on the table, according to multiple diplomatic sources.
