4 Apr. (EUROPE PRESS) –
The President of Tunisia, Kais Saied, has ordered the start of the procedures for the appointment of a new ambassador to Syria, 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 2011.
The Tunisian Presidency has indicated in a statement published on its official account on the Facebook social network that the president has transferred the order to the Foreign Minister, Nabil Amar, during a meeting at the Carthage Palace.
“The president has given instructions to start the procedures for the appointment of a Tunisian ambassador in Damascus,” he pointed out, before indicating that Saied had indicated during the meeting the “importance” of “not being part of any axis” and the “independence of national decisions.
Saied announced in March that Tunisia would reopen its embassy in Damascus and maintained that “the issue of the regime in Syria concerns only the Syrians.” Days before, the foreign ministers of both countries had expressed their desire to strengthen bilateral relations.
In addition, Syria and Saudi Arabia recently began talks to restore ties, a measure that came as a result of the recently signed agreement between Riyadh and Tehran to normalize their bilateral relations, broken in 2016. Several countries in the region have opted to restore their ties with Damascus, which has meant a boost for the Syrian president, Bashar al Assad.
