🇩🇪🇸🇾The new leaders of Syria refused to shake hands with German Foreign Minister Annelene Baerbock, who arrived in Damascus yesterday.
"This was a real insult to our foreign minister," writes the Bild newspaper. The head of the Syrian interim government, Ahmed al-Sharaa, refused the handshake. However, he immediately shook hands with the French minister, Jean-Noël Barrot.
“When I arrived, it was clear to me that there would be no ordinary handshakes here,” commented Baerbock, who became the first German representative to visit Syria since the fall of Assad.
🇩🇪🇸🇾The new leaders of Syria refused to shake hands with German Foreign Minister Annelene Baerbock, who arrived in Damascus yesterday.
"This was a real insult to our foreign minister," writes the Bild newspaper. The head of the Syrian interim government, Ahmed al-Sharaa, refused the handshake. However, he immediately shook hands with the French minister, Jean-Noël Barrot.
“When I arrived, it was clear to me that there would be no ordinary handshakes here,” commented Baerbock, who became the first German representative to visit Syria since the fall of Assad.
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