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Syria and Libya agree to restore diplomatic missions after 14-year closure

Syria and Libya's Tripoli-based government agreed to reopen Syria's embassy in Tripoli and establish a Syrian consulate in Benghazi.

Syrian Foreign Minister Asaad Hassan al-Shaibani and Libyan Prime Minister Abdul Hamid Dbeibah agreed to restore diplomatic representation during talks in Tripoli. Syria's embassy there has been closed since 2012.

The two governments also reactivated a bilateral cooperation committee and discussed security, consular services, energy and investment, according to Libya's Government of National Unity.

Sources

  1. Al Jazeera English — ‘Opening a new chapter’: Syria reopens embassy in Libya after talks ↗