A German delegation led by Germany's Middle East commissioner Tobias Tunkel held talks with HTS leader Ahmed al Sharaa, its foreign affairs representative Zaid al-Attar and the transition government's education minister, the German Foreign Office said. At Tuesday's meeting the two sides discussed the political transition in Syria and human rights, the Foreign Office said in a statement, adding that the delegation spoke with civil society and religious organizations and inspected Germany's embassy building in Damascus. "The core of the discussion focused on the political transition and our expectations regarding the protection of minorities and of women's rights, so that we can see peaceful developments in Syria," the statement read.