Dubai (TDI): 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 Assad.
“The government that will be established on March 1 will represent the Syrian people as much as possible and take its diversity into account,” Shaibani said on the margins of the World Governments Summit in the United Arab Emirates, according to AFP.
The Islamist-led militants that seized power installed an interim government headed by Mohammad Al-Bashir to steer the multi-ethnic, multi-confessional nation until March 1.
Last month, Ahmed Al-Sharaa, leader of the Islamist Hayat Tahrir Al-Sham group that led the offensive which overthrew Assad, was appointed interim president.
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He was tasked with forming a transitional legislature with the Assad-era parliament disbanded, 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.
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In an interview earlier this month, Sharaa stated that organizing polls could take up to 5 years.
The new authorities have vowed to hold a national dialogue conference involving all Syrians, but have yet to set a date.
