The president of Syria appoints a new ambassador to Tunisia after more than a decade without representation

2023-10-03 06:11:35

MADRID, 3 Oct. (EUROPA PRESS) –

The president of Syria, Bashar al Assad, appointed this Monday his first ambassador to Tunisia since 2011, when diplomatic relations between the two countries were broken.

Ambassador Muhamad Muhamad has sworn in before Al Assad, who has “provided him with guidance and wished him success in his mission,” according to a statement from the Syrian Foreign Ministry.

The Tunisian president, Kais Saied, appointed his new ambassador to Syria, Mohamed al Mahdhabi, in April, amid the rapprochement between several countries in the region and Damascus after nearly a decade of almost total isolation after the outbreak of the war.

In 2012, Tunisia withdrew its recognition of the Government of Syrian President Bashar al Assad and expelled the Syrian ambassador from the country, all in response to the repression of pro-democracy demonstrations in the wake of the ‘Arab Spring’.

Saied announced in March that Tunisia would reopen its Embassy in Damascus and made it clear that “the issue of the regime in Syria concerns only Syrians.” Days before, the foreign ministers of both countries had expressed their desire to strengthen bilateral relations.

Following the country’s announcement, Damascus responded positively and announced that it would also reopen the Syrian Embassy in Tunisia and would soon appoint its ambassador,” while highlighting the “will” of both countries to “restore Syrian-Tunisian relations to their normal state.” “.