Overview

• Volodymyr Zelenskiy and interim President Ahmed al-Sharaa signed a Joint Communiqué in New York formally re-establishing ties.
• Kyiv said it is ready to support Syrian stability as the leaders discussed prospective economic cooperation and shared security threats.
• Ukraine cut relations in June 2022 after the Assad government recognized the Russian-occupied regions of Donetsk and Luhansk as independent.
• Al-Sharaa’s appearance marked Syria’s first presidential-level participation at the UN General Assembly in nearly 60 years.
• Russia has hosted Assad in exile and dispatched a large delegation to engage the new government this month, while the United States announced sanctions relief for Syria in May.