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Trump to say hello to Syrian President Sharaa tomorrow, White House official confirms
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Left to right: US President Donald Trump takes questions outside the West Wing of White House in Washington, DC, on May 8, 2025. (Jim WATSON / AFP); Syria's interim President Ahmad al-Sharaa listens during a joint press conference with French President Emmanuel Macron after a meeting at the Elysee Palace in Paris, May 7, 2025. (Stephanie Lecocq/Pool via AP)
US President Donald Trump has agreed to say hello to Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa in Saudi Arabia tomorrow, a White House official says.
The comment comes shortly after Trump himself indicated that he will meet with Sharaa. Leaving the King Abdul Aziz International Conference Center, he stopped to a shouted question from a reporter, who asked if he was meeting the Syrian president.
Nodding, Trump said, “I think so,” before entering a limousine.
According to the London Times, citing unnamed security sources, Sharaa may use the meeting to offer talks on normalizing relations with Israel under the Abraham Accords.
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