Syria’s President Calls for Backing Rebuilding Efforts

(MENAFN) Syrian President Ahmad Al-Sharaa declared on Wednesday that his nation is undergoing a process of reconstruction after years of devastating conflict, appealing to the global community for assistance in this endeavor.

“Syria today is rebuilding itself, and as a nation of civilization, it deserves to be a state of law,” Sharaa told international leaders during his landmark address at the UN General Assembly, marking the first appearance by a Syrian head of state at the forum since 1967.

The president emphasized that Syria is “writing a new chapter in its story, titled peace, stability, and prosperity,” noting that his remarks lasted fewer than nine minutes.

He expressed appreciation toward the countries that offered support to Syria during its most challenging period, particularly mentioning Türkiye, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, other Arab and Islamic nations, as well as the US and the EU.

Sharaa reiterated Syria’s adherence to the 1974 Disengagement Agreement with Israel and called on the international community to safeguard the nation’s sovereignty and territorial unity. “We call on the world to stand with us in the face of these dangers,” he stressed.

The Syrian leader also highlighted the suffering endured by his people under the former administration of Bashar al-Assad.

“The former regime, in its war against our people, used the most horrific tools of torture and killing: barrel bombs, chemical weapons, prison torture, forced displacement, sowing sectarian and ethnic strife, and even narcotics as a weapon against our people and the world,” he said.

According to Sharaa, the ousted regime “held our beautiful country hostage, killed nearly one million people, tortured hundreds of thousands, displaced around 14 million people, and destroyed nearly two million homes over the heads of their inhabitants.”

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