Syrian and Israeli officials to meet in Baku today amid Sharaa’s visit — source

By AFP 12 July 2025, 4:34 pm

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Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev, right, and Syria's interim president, Ahmad al-Sharaa, second left, stand on the balcony during their meeting in Baku, Azerbaijan, July 12, 2025. (Azerbaijani Presidential Press Office via AP)

DAMASCUS, Syria — A Syrian official and an Israeli official are expected to meet in Baku later today on the sidelines of President Ahmed al-Sharaa’s visit to Azerbaijan, a diplomatic source in Damascus with knowledge of the issue says.

“There will be a meeting between a Syrian official and an Israeli official on the sidelines of the visit being conducted by Sharaa in Baku,” says the source, who requests anonymity due to the sensitivity of the issue.

The source stresses that Sharaa himself would not attend the meeting, which would focus on “the recent Israeli military presence in Syria” since the overthrow of President Bashar al-Assad in December.