Representatives of the 15 member states of the United Nations Security Council will visit Syria and Lebanon next week, according to the Slovenian mission, which will preside over the Council in December.
The mission said the visit will begin on Dec. 4, when ambassadors of the Council’s member states travel to Damascus to meet President Ahmad al Sharaa and other Syrian officials. The delegation will then head to Beirut the following day, and on Dec. 6 will visit the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL), whose mandate is scheduled to conclude by the end of 2027 after decades of deployment along the Lebanon–Israel border since 1978.
Earlier this month, the Security Council adopted a resolution removing President Ahmad al Sharaa and Interior Minister Anas Khattab from previously imposed sanctions lists. The resolution praised the Syrian government’s positive and active role and its ongoing efforts to enhance regional security and stability, and to create conditions conducive to reconstruction and sustainable development.
Syria welcomed the decision, describing it as the first resolution by the Council following the fall of the former regime. Damascus said the move reflects unified international support for Syria’s stability, territorial integrity, sovereignty and political independence, and reaffirmed its full commitment to joint work with the international community to achieve the aspirations of the Syrian people for peace, development, reconstruction and building a new Syria.
