New York [US], September 23 (ANI): US Secretary of State Marco Rubio met with Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa 'on US priorities in Syria' on Monday (local time). Rubio and al-Sharara met on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly in New York where the latter will become the first Syrian president to address the UN body in over 60 years. 'I met with Syrian President al-Sharaa about our shared goals for a stable and sovereign Syria and ongoing efforts to bring security and prosperity to all Syrians. The Syrian President had formerly led the rebel group, Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS), an organisation once affliated to the al-Qaeda that was was previously designated by the United States as a foreign terrorist group. The Syrian President was in conversation with former CIA Director David Patraeus at the event held at a hotel in New York.