The Tunisian Ministry of Foreign Affairs announced that the Assad regime in Syria has decided to open an embassy in the capital, Tunisia.
The Tunisian Ministry of Foreign Affairs has issued a written statement on the subject.
“In response to Tunisian President Kays Said’s order to reopen the Tunisian Embassy in Damascus, the Syrian capital, the Syrian authorities have decided to reopen the Syrian Embassy in Tunisia and appoint an ambassador within the next few years,” the statement said. expressions were used.
Emphasizing that it is in the interests of both countries to return Tunisia-Syria relations to their normal course, it was stated that the coordination and consultation meetings between the foreign ministers of the two countries continue.
In a statement made by the Tunisian Presidency on February 9, it was stated that President Kays Said wanted to raise the level of diplomatic representation in Syria. In the statement made on April 4, it was announced that President Said had ordered the initiation of proceedings for the appointment of an ambassador to Syria.
DIPLOMATIC RELATIONS WITH SYRIA WERE DISCONTINUED 11 YEARS AGO
Tunisia broke off diplomatic relations with Syria 11 years ago in response to the Assad regime’s violent suppression of the popular uprisings that erupted in the country with the Arab Spring.
Former Tunisian President Munsif al-Merzuki decided in 2012 to expel the Syrian Ambassador to Tunisia.
Tunisia returned to limited diplomatic representation with Syria in 2017, and air traffic between the two countries resumed at the end of 2018. (AA)