Baku – APA. Syria’s former prime minister, Riyad Hijab, who had been dismissed by President Bashar al-Assad in 2012, has asked for political asylum in Germany, media reports say, APA reports quoting Press TV.
According to reports, Hijab visited Germany in November and presented an application for asylum to the German Federal Office for Migration and Refugees.
Sources noted that Hijab tried several times to get a visa from several European countries; however, his requests were rejected.
President Assad sacked Hijab from his post in August 2012.
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