On October 24, 2024, Chinese Ambassador to Syria Shi Hongwei paid courtesy call on the Syrian new Foreign and Expatriates Minister Bassam Sabbagh and exchanged views on bilateral relations and issues of common concern.

Shi Hongwei conveyed the cordial greetings of member of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee and Foreign Minister Wang Yi to Sabbagh, and expressed that China firmly supports Syria in safeguarding its sovereignty, independence and territorial integrity, accelerating its recovery and reconstruction, and playing a greater role in regional and international affairs. China is willing to work with Syria to continuously and firmly support each other on issues concerning each other's core interests and major concerns, strengthen coordination and cooperation in international and multilateral fields, and jointly build a China-Syria community with a shared future.

Sabbagh asked Ambassador Shi to convey his best wishes to Foreign Minister Wang Yi, saying that Syria attaches great importance to developing relations with China, appreciates President Xi Jinping's important speech at the BRICS Summit, and believes that the concept of building a community with a shared future for mankind will lead to the vigorous development of the Global South. Syria is willing to work with China to push the strategic partnership to a new level and to establish a fairer and more equitable international order.