Summary of the Second Day of the Historic Visit of the Minister of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates, Mr. Asaad Hassan Al-Shaibani, to Washington

Summary of the Second Day of the Historic Visit of the Minister of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates, Mr. Asaad Hassan Al-Shaibani, to Washington

✦ Raising the flag of the Syrian Arab Republic over the Syrian Embassy in Washington ✦

Holding several bilateral meetings with:

• Mr. Christopher Landau, Deputy Secretary of State of the United States

• Mr. Daniel Zimmerman, Member of the House of Representatives (Republican Party) – Middle East Committee

• Ms. Allison Hooker, Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs of the United States

• Mr. Michael Needham, National Security Advisor

• Mr. Isaac Sissix, Member of the Senate (Democratic Party) – Foreign Relations Committee

• Mr. Thomas Barrack, Special Envoy of the United States to Syria

• Mr. Michael Dimon, Member of the House of Representatives (Democratic Party) – Middle East Committee

• Mr. Brett Christensen, Under Secretary of State for Political and International Security Affairs

• Mr. Jacob Mackey, Deputy Secretary of Labor for Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor Affairs

• The U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF)