I extend my sincere condolences to the Royal Family, the Government and the people of the Kingdom of Norway on the passing of His Majesty King Harald V.
I share in the sorrow of the Norwegian people at this difficult time and express my heartfelt sympathy with Norway and its people.
"Will that be cash or credit, Mr. President?"
President Ahmed al-Sharaa pays with a Visa card in the heart of Old Damascus, joined by Central Bank Governor Mohammed Safwat Raslan.
For more than fifteen years, this simple transaction was impossible.
Today, in the oldest continuously inhabited capital in the world, Syria's return to the global financial system became a fact.