Its transitional president Syria Ahmed Al Sarah He met in Damascus with a member of the US Congress, the Syrian presidency announced today on the first visit of this kind to an American elected after the fall of Bashar al -Assad in December.

Corey Mills, a member of the Republican Party, arrived in Syria yesterday, accompanied by Marlin Stutzman, also a member of US President Donald Trump party.

The new president met with Mills at the Presidential Palace in Damascus in the presence of Syrian Foreign Minister Asad al -Sibani, the presidency said in a press release.

Sarah came to power on December 8th, head of an Islamic organizations, including the Islamist organization of Hayat Tahrir Al Sam (HTS).

Shortly afterwards, Washington announced that it is no longer offering compensation for his arrest after receiving “positive messages” during the first official visit of US diplomats to Damascus after Assad.

The new Syrian government seeks to remove international sanctions imposed during Bashar al -Assad, with the aim of recovering the Syrian economy, which has been weakened after 14 years of civil war.

However, some countries expect to see if the new authorities will respect human rights.

The US has announced in January a relief, at present temporary, of sanctions so as not to “prevent” the provision of the necessary services to the population.

Economic sanctions have a heavy impact on the country, where, according to the UN, 90% of the Syrians live below the poverty line.

A Syrian ministerial delegation and the governor of the Central Bank are expected to participate in Washington next week in meetings with the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank, recently known from two sources close to participants.