Syria will have a new government next month, Foreign Minister Asaad al-Shaibani said on Wednesday, with interim authorities having ruled the country after the overthrown of Bashar al-Assad.
“The government that will be launched March 1 will represent the Syrian people as much as possible and take its diversity into account,” al-Shaibani said on the sidelines of the World Governments Summit in the United Arab Emirates.
The armed opposition forces that seized power installed an interim government headed by Mohammad al-Bashir to steer the multi-ethnic, multi-confessional country until March 1.
Last month, Ahmed al-Sharaa, leader of the “Hayat Tahrir al-Sham” group (HTS) that led the armed opposition offensive that overthrew al-Assad, was appointed interim president.
He was tasked with forming a transitional legislature with the al-Assad-era parliament dissolved, along with the Baath party which ruled Syria for decades.
HTS and other factions have themselves been dissolved, with their fighters to be integrated into a future national force.
In an interview earlier this month, al-Sharaa said that organizing elections could take up to five years.
The new authorities have pledged to hold a national dialogue conference involving all Syrians, but have yet to set a date.
Al Arabiya
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