The German and Austrian interior ministers broke off a prepared journey to Syria on Thursday due to the fact that of a possible hazard to their delegation, German authorities stated.
Germany’s Nancy Faeser had actually prepared to go to Damascus with Austrian equivalent Gerhard Karner, and a German military aircraft was expected to fly Faeser’s delegation into Syria from Jordan on Thursday early morning.
However her ministry stated that the journey was broken off before the flight might leave from Amman “due to the fact that of concrete cautions by German security authorities of a terrorist hazard,” German news company dpa reported. It included that a danger to the delegation could not be dismissed, which it would not have actually been accountable to take a trip in view of that possible hazard.
The journey had not been revealed ahead of time. The 2 ministers had actually prepared to speak to ministers in the interim federal government and with agents of U.N. help companies.
Germany in specific has actually been a significant location for Syrian refugees over the previous years.
Recently, German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock checked out Damascus and resumed the German Embassy, 13 years after it was shut in the early days of Syria’s civil war.
Baerbock, who satisfied interim President Ahmad al-Sharaa and others, stated Europe requires “eyes and ears” on the ground as it follows the Syrian political shift. It was her 2nd see because the fall of previous President Bashar Assad in December.