{"id":88560,"date":"2024-01-31T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2024-01-31T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/uae\/first-uae-ambassador-in-damascus-in-13-years-presents-his-credentials\/"},"modified":"2024-01-31T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2024-01-31T00:00:00","slug":"first-uae-ambassador-in-damascus-in-13-years-presents-his-credentials","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/uae\/2024\/01\/31\/first-uae-ambassador-in-damascus-in-13-years-presents-his-credentials\/","title":{"rendered":"First UAE ambassador in Damascus in 13 years presents his credentials"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\"><strong>First UAE ambassador to Syria since 2011 takes up his post:<\/strong> Emirati ambassador Hassan Al-Shehi presented his credentials to Syrian Foreign Minister Faysal Al-Meqdad in Damascus yesterday, reported Syrian state media outlet <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/sana.sy\/en\/?p=324544\" style=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">SANA<\/a>, making him the first ambassador of the UAE to take the post since civil war broke out in Syria in 2011. The story was covered by <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/world\/middle-east\/uae-sends-first-ambassador-syria-since-conflict-2024-01-30\/\" style=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">Reuters<\/a>, <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/abcnews.go.com\/International\/wireStory\/uae-ambassador-takes-post-damascus-after-13-years-106792871#:~:text=Syrian%20state%20media%20said%20the,the%20diplomatic%20mission%20since%20then.\" style=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">ABC News<\/a>, the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/world\/2024\/01\/30\/syria-emirates-embassy-uae-reconciliation-assad\/e381866e-bf7d-11ee-a4c6-8f5c350e9316_story.html\" style=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">Washington Post<\/a>, and other global outlets.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\"><strong>ALSO-<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>UAE, UK want more economic ties:<\/strong> Economy Minister Abdulla bin Touq Al Marri met with British Minister of State Greg Hands and Economic Secretary to the Treasury Bim Afolami to talk increasing economic cooperation between the UAE and UK, supporting SMEs, and working together in sectors such as fintech and renewable energy. The meeting came during an Emirati delegation\u2019s visit to the UK. (<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/wam.ae\/en\/article\/b1euroi-uae-explore-opportunities-strengthen-economic\" style=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">Wam<\/a>)<\/li>\n<li><strong>President Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan and Turkish Grand National <\/strong><strong>Assembly Speaker Numan Kurtulmus met<\/strong> in Abu Dhabi to discuss improving bilateral relations, as well as mutually relevant issues. (<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/wam.ae\/en\/article\/b1eurll-uae-president-receives-speaker-turkish-grand\" style=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">Wam<\/a>)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This marks another step the region has taken to welcome Syria back into the fold<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":88561,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"newspack_ads_suppress_ads":false,"newspack_popups_has_disabled_popups":false,"newspack_sponsor_sponsorship_scope":"","newspack_sponsor_native_byline_display":"inherit","newspack_sponsor_native_category_display":"inherit","newspack_sponsor_underwriter_style":"inherit","newspack_sponsor_underwriter_placement":"inherit","ep_exclude_from_search":false,"_primary_brand":0,"newspack_featured_image_position":"","newspack_post_subtitle":"","newspack_article_summary_title":"Overview:","newspack_article_summary":"","newspack_hide_updated_date":false,"newspack_show_updated_date":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1554],"tags":[721,54,7,1445],"brand":[],"newspack_spnsrs_tax":[],"class_list":["post-88560","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-diplomacy","tag-arab-league","tag-diplomacy","tag-enterpriseam-uae","tag-syria","wpautop","entry"],"acf":{"mongo_id":"db52baef-886c-49da-9e5b-15f8d9aba43a","is_powered_by":false,"story_type":"1","photo_url":"https:\/\/ent.news\/2024\/1\/2649.jpg","photo_position":"above","homepage_title":"","full_issue_title":"First UAE ambassador in Damascus in 13 years presents his credentials","related_issue":[88534],"teaser":"This marks another step the region has taken to welcome Syria back into the fold","voice_url":"https:\/\/s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com\/ent.news\/audio\/2024\/1\/.5874fbb4-e109-4a54-925b-508619f36d96.mp3"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.1 (Yoast SEO v27.1.1) - 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