Italy’s decision to appoint an ambassador and resume relations with Syria

reported by Mehr News Agency According to Reuters news agency, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Italy announced his country’s decision to appoint an ambassador to Syria and the resumption of Rome-Damascus relations.

“Antonio Tajani” the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Italy announced that “Stefano Ravagnen”, the current envoy of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Italy for Syrian affairs, has been appointed as the country’s ambassador in Damascus and is scheduled to be appointed soon. Start your mission.

In this way, Italy will be the first G7 member country to resume its diplomatic mission in Damascus after the start of the civil war in Syria.

In 2012, Italy recalled all the employees of its embassy in Damascus and suspended diplomatic activities in Syria to protest what it called the unacceptable violence of Bashar al-Assad’s government against its citizens. suspended.

Last week, Italy and seven other EU countries sent a letter to Josep Borrell, the head of EU foreign policy, asking the EU to play a more effective role in Syria.