Saudi Arabian team arrives in Syria for embassy reopening

Last updated May 28, 2023 9:32 AM

WORLD, May 28 (YPA) – A Saudi Arabian team arrived in Damascus to discuss mechanisms for reopening the embassy in Syria, Saudi Arabia’s Foreign Ministry announced on Twitter on Saturday.

“The Saudi technical team responsible for the reopening of the Embassy of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia in the Syrian Arab Republic arrived in the capital Damascus, in implementation of the decision of the Kingdom to resume the work of its diplomatic mission in Syria,” according to the ministry.

Saudi Arabia and other Arab countries withdrew their embassies from Syria after the start of the Syrian civil war in 2011.

Syria was reinstated as a member of the Arab League earlier this month, and the summit in the Saudi city of Jeddah was the first in 12 years to be attended by Syrian President Bashar Assad.

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