Syrian President Bashar Assad has sworn in the country’s new government at a ceremony in Damascus.

According to RIA Novosti, during a ceremony held Sunday, Aug 31, Assad urged the ministers to “provide a new vision”, adding that the success of the new government will depend on “earning the trust of citizens through transparency and credibility.”

The new Cabinet, headed by Prime Minister Wael al-Halqi, consists of 11 newly appointed ministers, including ethnic Armenian Nazira Serkis, who will serve as State Minister for Environment Affairs. In June, Bashar Assad was reelected as Syrian president with 88.7 percent of the vote.

According to the UN, the civil war in Syria has claimed more than 191,000 lives while more than 3 million Syrians have become refugees, with over half of the country’s population has been displaced since the beginning of the conflict.