Syria Foreign Minister visits Tunisia

April 18th, 2023

Awake Goy

Tunisian Foreign Minister Nabil Ammar (R) meets Syrian Foreign Minister Faisal Mekdad (L) during an official visit in Tunis, Tunisia on April 17, 2023 [Tunisian Foreign Ministry / Anadolu Agency]

Syrian Foreign Minister, Faisal Mekdad, has arrived in Tunisia for a three-day visit, the Tunisian Foreign Ministry said, Anadolu News Agency reports. The Ministry said in a Monday statement that the visit comes "within the framework of keenness to restore bilateral relations to their normal track." The visit will be the first by a Syrian official to Tunisia since the two countries severed their relations in 2011 over the Bashar Al-Assad regime's brutal crackdown on pro-democracy protests. On Wednesday, Tunisia said the Assad regime will reopen the Syrian Embassy and name an ambassador to Tunisia. The move followed a decision by Tunisian President, Kais Saied, to name an ambassador to Damascus. Last week, Mekdad visited Saudi Arabia for the first […] Source