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Jordan appoints chargé d’affaires to own embassy in neighboring Syria

Tuesday, 22 January 2019 7:16 PM [ Last Update: Tuesday, 22 January 2019 7:36 PM ]

Jordan supporters wave the national flag during the 2019 AFC Asian Cup Group B football match between Jordan and Syria at the Khalifa bin Zayed stadium in al-Ain, the United Arab Emirates (UAE), on January 10, 2019. (Photo by AFP)

Jordan seeks to boost relations with neighboring Syria as Amman says it has appointed a new chargé d’affaires to its embassy in Damascus, another sign of a thaw in ties between the Syrian government and the Arab world.

“It was decided to appoint a Jordanian diplomat at the rank of charge d'affaires in the Jordanian embassy in Damascus,” Jordan’s media quoted Foreign Ministry Spokesman Sufian Salman al-Qudat as saying on Tuesday.

The “decision has been made in line with Jordan’s stance since the outbreak of the Syrian crisis in 2011 to keep the Jordanian embassy in Damascus open," the Jordanian official was further quoted as saying.

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— Jordan News Agency (@Petranews) January 22, 2019

Meanwhile, Jordan News Agency, the country’s official news outlet, announced the news on its twitter account.

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