Syria’s Minister of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates Asaad al-Shaibani reopened his country’s embassy in the United Kingdom, Syrian state-owned news agency SANA reported on Thursday.
“Minister of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates Asaad Hassan al-Shaibani on Thursday raised the national flag above the Syrian Embassy in London, marking the reopening of the mission after years of closure,” it said.
Al-Shaibani expressed hope that the reopening would usher in a new era and help Syria in reestablishing its role in the world.
“After years of isolation imposed by al-Assad’s chemical regime, today we reopen the Syrian Embassy in London. Syria returns to the world under its free identity,” he wrote in a post on X with a picture of himself on the embassy’s balcony.
The UK lifted its sanctions on Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa last week.
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