Qatar's leadership decided to reopen the emirate's embassy in Damascus, which was closed in 2011, from Tuesday, December 17. This was announced by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Qatar.
"The State of Qatar announced the re-opening of its embassy in the fraternal Syrian Arab Republic from Tuesday," said the statement published on the department's X page.
The report noted that "the restoration of the embassy in Damascus comes approximately 13 years after the severing of diplomatic relations with the former Syrian government in 2011" and "is an expression of Qatar's fundamental support for the Syrian people's revolution."
Khalifa Abdullah Al Mahmoud Al-Sharif, who headed the Africa Department of Qatar's MFA, was appointed as Qatar's charge d'affaires in Syria.
Previously, al-Sharif worked in the office of the head of the government and the minister of foreign affairs of Qatar, in the embassies of the emirates in Portugal and South Africa.
