{"id":122132,"date":"2025-02-15T16:57:01","date_gmt":"2025-02-15T16:57:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/npasyria.com\/en\/?p=122132"},"modified":"2025-02-15T16:57:03","modified_gmt":"2025-02-15T16:57:03","slug":"syrian-foreign-minister-meets-kurdistan-region-president-at-munich-security-conference","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/npasyria.com\/en\/122132\/","title":{"rendered":"Syrian Foreign Minister Meets Kurdistan Region President at Munich Security Conference"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>By Kardo Roj&nbsp;<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>DAMASCUS, Syria (North Press)<\/strong> \u2013 Syrian Foreign Minister As\u2019ad al-Shibani met with Nechirvan Barzani, the President of Iraq\u2019s Kurdistan Region, on Saturday as part of the Munich Security Conference discussions, focusing on regional stability and cooperation between Syria and Iraq.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">According to a statement from the Kurdistan Region Presidency, the meeting addressed political and security developments in both Syria and Iraq, emphasizing the importance of fostering regional stability.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Strengthening Dialogue and Regional Stability<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">President Barzani highlighted the necessity of inclusive political dialogue, ensuring that all communities in Syria are represented in the country\u2019s future political framework. He stressed the need to safeguard the rights of all Syrians, including Kurds, and to work collectively toward peaceful coexistence.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><em>&#8220;Achieving long-term peace and stability requires dialogue, mutual understanding, and joint efforts between all stakeholders,&#8221;<\/em> Barzani stated.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Foreign Minister al-Shibani reaffirmed the Syrian government\u2019s commitment to stability, expressing Damascus&#8217; willingness to strengthen relations with both Baghdad and Erbil. He acknowledged the Kurdistan Region\u2019s strategic role in regional affairs and called for enhanced cooperation to address common challenges.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Expanding Bilateral Cooperation<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The two officials discussed ways to enhance future cooperation mechanisms between Syria and the Kurdistan Region, particularly in security coordination, economic development, and humanitarian efforts.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Their meeting comes amid shifting regional dynamics, with Syria\u2019s new leadership seeking greater diplomatic engagement following the political transition that ousted Bashar al-Assad in December 2024.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The Munich Security Conference, one of the world&#8217;s leading forums on international security, serves as a key platform for discussions on geopolitical challenges and conflict resolution. Syria\u2019s presence at the event reflects its growing diplomatic re-engagement with international and regional actors.<\/h2>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Kardo Roj&nbsp; DAMASCUS, Syria (North Press) \u2013 Syrian Foreign Minister As\u2019ad al-Shibani met with Nechirvan Barzani, the President of Iraq\u2019s Kurdistan Region, on Saturday as part of the Munich Security Conference discussions, focusing on regional stability and cooperation between Syria and Iraq. According to a statement from the Kurdistan Region Presidency, the meeting addressed [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":122133,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pgc_sgb_lightbox_settings":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[39,3,2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-122132","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-home","category-politics","category-syria"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Syrian Foreign Minister Meets Kurdistan Region President at Munich Security Conference<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"By Kardo Roj&nbsp; DAMASCUS, Syria (North Press) \u2013 Syrian Foreign Minister As\u2019ad al-Shibani met with Nechirvan Barzani, the President of Iraq\u2019s Kurdistan\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/npasyria.com\/en\/122132\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Syrian Foreign Minister Meets Kurdistan Region President at Munich Security Conference\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"By Kardo Roj&nbsp; DAMASCUS, Syria (North Press) \u2013 Syrian Foreign Minister As\u2019ad al-Shibani met with Nechirvan Barzani, the President of Iraq\u2019s Kurdistan\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/npasyria.com\/en\/122132\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"North press agency\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/NPA.SYR\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2025-02-15T16:57:01+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2025-02-15T16:57:03+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/npasyria.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Swedish-Foreign-Minister-750x430-1.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"750\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"430\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"semav1\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@NPA_English\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@NPA_English\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"semav1\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/npasyria.com\\\/en\\\/122132\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/npasyria.com\\\/en\\\/122132\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"semav1\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/npasyria.com\\\/en\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/1cc380944b76ba86440ef8ad099f16a0\"},\"headline\":\"Syrian Foreign Minister Meets Kurdistan Region President at Munich Security Conference\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-02-15T16:57:01+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-02-15T16:57:03+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/npasyria.com\\\/en\\\/122132\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":289,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/npasyria.com\\\/en\\\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/npasyria.com\\\/en\\\/122132\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/npasyria.com\\\/en\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2025\\\/02\\\/Swedish-Foreign-Minister-750x430-1.jpg\",\"articleSection\":[\"HOME\",\"Politics\",\"SYRIA\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/npasyria.com\\\/en\\\/122132\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/npasyria.com\\\/en\\\/122132\\\/\",\"name\":\"Syrian Foreign Minister Meets Kurdistan Region President at Munich Security Conference\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/npasyria.com\\\/en\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/npasyria.com\\\/en\\\/122132\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/npasyria.com\\\/en\\\/122132\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/npasyria.com\\\/en\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2025\\\/02\\\/Swedish-Foreign-Minister-750x430-1.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-02-15T16:57:01+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-02-15T16:57:03+00:00\",\"description\":\"By Kardo Roj&nbsp; DAMASCUS, Syria (North Press) \u2013 Syrian Foreign Minister As\u2019ad al-Shibani met with Nechirvan Barzani, the President of Iraq\u2019s Kurdistan\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/npasyria.com\\\/en\\\/122132\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/npasyria.com\\\/en\\\/122132\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/npasyria.com\\\/en\\\/122132\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/npasyria.com\\\/en\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2025\\\/02\\\/Swedish-Foreign-Minister-750x430-1.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/npasyria.com\\\/en\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2025\\\/02\\\/Swedish-Foreign-Minister-750x430-1.jpg\",\"width\":750,\"height\":430,\"caption\":\"Syrian Foreign Minister As\u2019ad al-Shibani meets with Kurdistan Region President Nechirvan Barzani at the Munich Security Conference. (North Press)\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/npasyria.com\\\/en\\\/122132\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/npasyria.com\\\/en\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Syrian Foreign Minister Meets Kurdistan Region President at Munich Security Conference\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/npasyria.com\\\/en\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/npasyria.com\\\/en\\\/\",\"name\":\"North press agency\",\"description\":\"North press agency\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/npasyria.com\\\/en\\\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/npasyria.com\\\/en\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/npasyria.com\\\/en\\\/#organization\",\"name\":\"North press agency\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/npasyria.com\\\/en\\\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/npasyria.com\\\/en\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/npasyria.com\\\/en\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2020\\\/08\\\/npasyria.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/npasyria.com\\\/en\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2020\\\/08\\\/npasyria.jpg\",\"width\":682,\"height\":388,\"caption\":\"North press agency\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/npasyria.com\\\/en\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.facebook.com\\\/NPA.SYR\\\/\",\"https:\\\/\\\/x.com\\\/NPA_English\",\"https:\\\/\\\/www.instagram.com\\\/northpressagency\\\/\",\"https:\\\/\\\/www.youtube.com\\\/channel\\\/UCyGMim0bdq_6W-ryV9WI29A\"]},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/npasyria.com\\\/en\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/1cc380944b76ba86440ef8ad099f16a0\",\"name\":\"semav1\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/4dd32221f0f6234b81e7d16b824fc92b9c1a8794a5fa04024fb4ddedd3a61599?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/4dd32221f0f6234b81e7d16b824fc92b9c1a8794a5fa04024fb4ddedd3a61599?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/4dd32221f0f6234b81e7d16b824fc92b9c1a8794a5fa04024fb4ddedd3a61599?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"semav1\"},\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/npasyria.com\\\/en\\\/author\\\/semav1\\\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Syrian Foreign Minister Meets Kurdistan Region President at Munich Security Conference","description":"By Kardo Roj&nbsp; DAMASCUS, Syria (North Press) \u2013 Syrian Foreign Minister As\u2019ad al-Shibani met with Nechirvan Barzani, the President of Iraq\u2019s Kurdistan","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/npasyria.com\/en\/122132\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Syrian Foreign Minister Meets Kurdistan Region President at Munich Security Conference","og_description":"By Kardo Roj&nbsp; DAMASCUS, Syria (North Press) \u2013 Syrian Foreign Minister As\u2019ad al-Shibani met with Nechirvan Barzani, the President of Iraq\u2019s Kurdistan","og_url":"https:\/\/npasyria.com\/en\/122132\/","og_site_name":"North press agency","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/NPA.SYR\/","article_published_time":"2025-02-15T16:57:01+00:00","article_modified_time":"2025-02-15T16:57:03+00:00","og_image":[{"width":750,"height":430,"url":"https:\/\/npasyria.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Swedish-Foreign-Minister-750x430-1.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"semav1","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@NPA_English","twitter_site":"@NPA_English","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"semav1","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/npasyria.com\/en\/122132\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/npasyria.com\/en\/122132\/"},"author":{"name":"semav1","@id":"https:\/\/npasyria.com\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/1cc380944b76ba86440ef8ad099f16a0"},"headline":"Syrian Foreign Minister Meets Kurdistan Region President at Munich Security Conference","datePublished":"2025-02-15T16:57:01+00:00","dateModified":"2025-02-15T16:57:03+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/npasyria.com\/en\/122132\/"},"wordCount":289,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/npasyria.com\/en\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/npasyria.com\/en\/122132\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/npasyria.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Swedish-Foreign-Minister-750x430-1.jpg","articleSection":["HOME","Politics","SYRIA"],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/npasyria.com\/en\/122132\/","url":"https:\/\/npasyria.com\/en\/122132\/","name":"Syrian Foreign Minister Meets Kurdistan Region President at Munich Security Conference","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/npasyria.com\/en\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/npasyria.com\/en\/122132\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/npasyria.com\/en\/122132\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/npasyria.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Swedish-Foreign-Minister-750x430-1.jpg","datePublished":"2025-02-15T16:57:01+00:00","dateModified":"2025-02-15T16:57:03+00:00","description":"By Kardo Roj&nbsp; DAMASCUS, Syria (North Press) \u2013 Syrian Foreign Minister As\u2019ad al-Shibani met with Nechirvan Barzani, the President of Iraq\u2019s Kurdistan","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/npasyria.com\/en\/122132\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/npasyria.com\/en\/122132\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/npasyria.com\/en\/122132\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/npasyria.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Swedish-Foreign-Minister-750x430-1.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/npasyria.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Swedish-Foreign-Minister-750x430-1.jpg","width":750,"height":430,"caption":"Syrian Foreign Minister As\u2019ad al-Shibani meets with Kurdistan Region President Nechirvan Barzani at the Munich Security Conference. (North Press)"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/npasyria.com\/en\/122132\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/npasyria.com\/en\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Syrian Foreign Minister Meets Kurdistan Region President at Munich Security Conference"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/npasyria.com\/en\/#website","url":"https:\/\/npasyria.com\/en\/","name":"North press agency","description":"North press agency","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/npasyria.com\/en\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/npasyria.com\/en\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/npasyria.com\/en\/#organization","name":"North press agency","url":"https:\/\/npasyria.com\/en\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/npasyria.com\/en\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/npasyria.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/npasyria.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/npasyria.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/npasyria.jpg","width":682,"height":388,"caption":"North press agency"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/npasyria.com\/en\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/NPA.SYR\/","https:\/\/x.com\/NPA_English","https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/northpressagency\/","https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCyGMim0bdq_6W-ryV9WI29A"]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/npasyria.com\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/1cc380944b76ba86440ef8ad099f16a0","name":"semav1","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/4dd32221f0f6234b81e7d16b824fc92b9c1a8794a5fa04024fb4ddedd3a61599?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/4dd32221f0f6234b81e7d16b824fc92b9c1a8794a5fa04024fb4ddedd3a61599?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/4dd32221f0f6234b81e7d16b824fc92b9c1a8794a5fa04024fb4ddedd3a61599?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"semav1"},"url":"https:\/\/npasyria.com\/en\/author\/semav1\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/npasyria.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/122132","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/npasyria.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/npasyria.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/npasyria.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/11"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/npasyria.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=122132"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/npasyria.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/122132\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":122134,"href":"https:\/\/npasyria.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/122132\/revisions\/122134"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/npasyria.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/122133"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/npasyria.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=122132"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/npasyria.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=122132"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/npasyria.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=122132"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}