Damascus denies reports regarding a possible meeting between Ahmed al Sharaa and Israeli officials
An official source in the Syrian Ministry of Information denied on Tuesday reports of direct meetings between Syrian President Ahmed al Sharaa and Israeli officials.
The source confirmed, in statements carried by the official news agency SANA, that the reports are baseless.
These statements come after media reports, some of them Israeli, alleged that al Sharaa held regular meetings with Israeli officials as part of an effort to open channels of communication between the two sides.
Earlier, on June 25, President Ahmed al Sharaa acknowledged the existence of indirect negotiations conducted through international mediators, stating that their goal is to limit Israeli attacks on Syrian territory.
However, he stressed the absence of any direct communication between Damascus and Tel Aviv.
The Syrian president’s remarks came in response to statements made by Israeli National Security Council Chief Tzachi Hanegbi to the Israel Hayom website, in which he claimed that there was daily “direct dialogue” with the Syrian government to discuss the possibility of normalizing relations between the two countries.
Despite the escalating rumors, Damascus maintains its rejection of any official or unofficial relations with Israel, even as attacks on Syrian territory continue.
