Syria is negotiating with Israel to reach a security agreement and ease tensions at the border between the two countries, the country’s president, Ahmed al-Sharaa, said in an interview with Syrian Arab News Agency (SANA) on Friday.
Sharaa also added that he is negotiating for an IDF withdrawal from the territories it captured in the southern part of Syria following the fall of the Assad regime.
Talks are still underway for an agreement that would involve a return to the 1974 Disengagement Agreement that followed the Yom Kippur War or “something similar,” Sharaa added in the interview.
Sharaa emphasized that Syria is not interested in conflict with any country, and the ball on this issue is in the court of the countries that want to cause chaos.
US CENTCOM head, US Amb. to Syria meet Al-Shaara in Damascus
Earlier on Friday, Sharaa met with US Central Command (CENTCOM) Commander Adm. Brad Cooper and US Ambassador and Special Envoy for Syria Thomas Barrack at the Presidential Palace in Damascus.
Cooper and Barrack thanked Sharaa for his support in counter-ISIS efforts in Syria, according to CENTCOM.
Cooper and Barrack also praised Damascus for supporting the recovery of US citizens inside the country, and committed to continuing efforts that support US goals in the Middle East, including negotiations for the integration of various Syrian armed groups into the new Syrian government’s military.