A visit to Syria by a security delegation led by Minister of Defense General Michel Menassa has been postponed at the request of the Syrian authorities.
The Lebanese delegation comprised the Director General of General Security, General Hassan Choucair (who had previously accompanied former Prime Minister Najib Mikati on his visit to Syria as Deputy Director of State Security), as well as the Director of Intelligence, General Tony Kahwaji.
The delegation was due to meet the Syrian Minister of Defense in the transitional government, Mourhaf Abou Qasra, formerly known as Abou Hassan al-Hamwi, who acted as head of the military arm of Hay’at Tahrir al-Sham.
The President of the Republic had informed security officials of the details of the visit and its timetable at the last security meeting at the presidential palace in Baabda on March 21.
It should be noted that during a phone call between President Aoun and Ahmad al-Sharaa on March 4, the two agreed to set up joint commissions between the two countries after a new Syrian government is formed.
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