Saudi embassy in Damascus reopens after 12-year closure

Ƶ’s embassy in Damascus reopened on Monday with a ceremony to mark the occasion. (@ksaembsy)
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  • Al-Haris said the embassy and its staff were keen to exert all efforts to strengthen relations between Ƶ and Syria

RIYADH: Ƶ’s embassy in Damascus reopened on Monday with a ceremony to mark the occasion.

The celebration was attended by a number of Syrian government officials, members of the diplomatic corps, and a group of dignitaries and intellectuals, the embassy said.

Acting Charge d’Affaires Abdullah Al-Haris stated in a speech on Monday that “this day is an important moment in the history of relations” between the Kingdom and Syria.

Al-Haris added that the embassy and its staff were keen to exert all efforts to strengthen relations between the two countries.

Ƶ shut its embassy in Syria and withdrew all its staff in March 2012, a year after the Syrian civil war started in 2011.