Zelenskyy: Ukraine prepares to restore diplomatic relations with Syria
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Thu, 02 Jan 2025 14:27:15 +0200
Ukraine is preparing to restore diplomatic relations with Syria, where the regime of President Bashar alAssad was recently overthrown.
Source Zelenskyy on Telegram Quote This year, we plan to expand our list of reliable partners, including Syria.
We are preparing to restore diplomatic relations with Syria and enhance cooperation with international organisations.
Additionally, we aim to boost trade with Lebanon.
At present, our agricultural exports to Lebanon total just US400 million, and we are working to at least double that figure.
Details Following the fall of Assads regime, Ukraines Foreign Affairs Ministry stated that this will significantly weaken the expansionism of Russia, which for years has used the Syrian territory, its resources and people as a foothold to spread its destructive influence in the Middle East.
Quote We remind that it is Moscow that prompted the Assad regime to illegally recognise Russias attempt to annex Crimea, as well as the temporary occupation of parts of Donetsk and Luhansk oblasts, forcing Ukraine to break diplomatic relations with Assads criminal regime in 2022, Ukraines Foreign Affairs Ministry stated on 8 December.
Background A Ukrainian delegation led by Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha visited Syria and met with the de facto leader of Syria, Ahmed alSharaa, in Damascus on 30 December.
Sybiha later said that Ukraine is ready to restore diplomatic relations with Syria and hopes that the new leadership will respect the countrys territorial integrity.
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