Английская Википедия:Foreign relations of Syria
Шаблон:Short description Шаблон:Use dmy dates Шаблон:Politics of Syria
Ensuring national security, increasing influence among its Arab neighbours and securing the return of the Golan Heights, have been the primary goals of the Syrian Arab Republic's foreign policy. At many points in its history, Syria has seen tension with its neighbours, such as Turkey, Israel, Jordan, Iraq, and Lebanon. Syria enjoyed an improvement in relations with several of the states in its region in the 21st century, prior to the Arab Spring and the Syrian Civil War.
Until 2018, due to the Syrian civil war, the Syrian Arab Republic's government was partially isolated from the countries in the region and the wider international community. Diplomatic relations are severed with several countries including: Turkey, Canada, France, Italy, Australia, New Zealand, Sweden, Denmark, the Netherlands, Germany, United States, UK, Belgium, Spain, Mexico, Qatar, Georgia and Ukraine.[1] In 2011 and 2012, Syria was suspended from the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation and Union for the Mediterranean. Syria is also a full member of the Arab League. Syria is a candidate state of the new Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU).[2][3]
Syria continues to foster good relations with its traditional allies, Iran and Russia. Other countries that presently maintain good relations with Syria include China, North Korea, Vietnam,[4][5] Fiji, Singapore, Sri Lanka,[6] Laos,[7] Myanmar,[8] Cambodia,[9] Thailand,[10] Philippines,[11] India,[12][13][14] Pakistan,[15] Bangladesh,[16] Malaysia,[17] Indonesia[18] Brunei,[19] Armenia,[20] Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan,[21] Kyrgyzstan,[22] Uzbekistan,[10] Turkmenistan,[10] Mongolia,[23] Tajikistan,[24] Greece, Cyprus, North Macedonia,[25] Czech Republic, Romania, Bulgaria, Hungary,[26] Serbia, Montenegro,[27] Vatican City and Belarus.[28]
Syria does not maintain diplomatic relations with Israel and South Korea, but has diplomatic relations with Abkhazia and South Ossetia.[29] Syria also maintains relations with autonomous Iraqi Kurdistan.[30]
On 26 February 2023, Bashar al-Assad had met with Iraqi, Jordanian, Palestinian, Libyan, Egyptian and Emirati lawmakers, as well as representatives from Oman and Lebanon after more than a decade of isolation in the region. Arab states contributed significantly to the relief effort after the 2023 Turkey–Syria earthquake. A week before, Al-Assad travelled to Oman for his first foreign visit since the quake.[31]
Bilateral relations
Africa
Syria has relations with Angola,[32] Cameroon,[33] Eritrea,[34] Ethiopia, Kenya, Mali,[35] Mozambique,[36] Niger, Nigeria,[37][38] Senegal,[39] Somalia,[40] South Africa,[41][42] Uganda,[43] Tanzania[44] and Zimbabwe.[45]
Country | Formal Relations Began | Notes |
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Шаблон:Flag | 27 August 1962 | See Algeria–Syria relations
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Шаблон:Flag | 10 February 1999 | Both countries established diplomatic relations on 10 February 1999.[48] |
Шаблон:Flag | April 1972 | Both countries established diplomatic relations in April 1972.[49] |
Шаблон:Flag | 16 August 1969 | Both countries established diplomatic relations on 16 August 1969.[50] |
Шаблон:Flag | 25 November 1975 | Both countries established diplomatic relations on 25 November 1975.[51] |
Шаблон:Flag | 10 February 1977 | Both countries established diplomatic relations on 10 February 1977.[52] |
Шаблон:Flag | June 1977 | Both countries established diplomatic relations in June 1977.[53] |
Шаблон:Flag | 1944 | See Egypt–Syria relations
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Шаблон:Flag | 22 April 1994 |
Both countries established diplomatic relations on 22 April 1994.[58] |
Шаблон:Flag | 26 August 1980 | Both countries established diplomatic relations on 26 August 1980.[59] |
Шаблон:Flag | 18 July 1975 | Both countries established diplomatic relations on 18 July 1975.[60] |
Шаблон:Flag | 23 April 2007 | Both countries established diplomatic relations on 23 April 2007.[61] |
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Шаблон:Flag | 11 June 1966 |
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Шаблон:Flag | 22 May 1970 | Both countries established diplomatic relations in 22 May 1970.[72] |
Шаблон:Flag | 2 June 1956 | See Morocco–Syria relations
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Шаблон:Flag | 5 August 1975 | Both countries established diplomatic relations on 5 August 1975[75] |
Шаблон:Flag | 13 September 1966 | Both countries established diplomatic relations on 13 September 1966[76] |
Шаблон:Flag | 30 September 1965 | |
Шаблон:Flag | 15 April 1980 (recognition) | See Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic–Syria relations
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Шаблон:Flag | 21 January 1965 | |
Шаблон:Flag | 13 December 1964 |
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Шаблон:Flag | 1 June 1994 | |
Шаблон:Flag | 28 January 1957 | See Sudan–Syria relations
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Шаблон:Flag | 13 September 1966 | Both countries established diplomatic relations on 13 September 1966.[92]
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Шаблон:Flag | 2 June 1956 | See Syria–Tunisia relations
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Шаблон:Flag | 28 June 1972 | |
Шаблон:Flag | 15 May 1969 |
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Americas
Syria has diplomatic relations with most Central and South American countries such as Antigua and Barbuda,[102] Argentina,[103] Bolivia,[104] Brazil,[105] Chile,[106] Cuba,[107][108] Ecuador,[109] El Salvador,[110] Grenada,[111] Guatemala,[112] Guyana,[113] Nicaragua,[114] Panama,[115] Paraguay,[116] Peru,[117] Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Saint Lucia,[118] Federation of Saint Kitts and Nevis, Suriname,[102] Uruguay[119] and Venezuela.[120]
Country | Formal Relations Began | Notes |
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Шаблон:Flag | 18 April 1983 |
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Шаблон:Flag | 23 November 1945 | |
Шаблон:Flag | 28 August 2001 | |
Шаблон:Flag | 14 January 2010 | |
Шаблон:Flag | 13 November 1945 | |
Шаблон:Flag | 20 May 1965 |
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Шаблон:Flag | 22 October 1945 | |
Шаблон:Flag | 24 May 1988 |
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Шаблон:Flag | 15 December 1964 |
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Шаблон:Flag | 11 August 1965[143] | See Cuba–Syria relations |
Шаблон:Flag | 2 October 2007 | |
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Шаблон:Flag | 23 January 1980 |
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Шаблон:Flag | 19 June 1973 |
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Шаблон:Flag | 20 August 1950 | See Mexico–Syria relations |
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Шаблон:Flag | 13 December 2004 |
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Шаблон:Flag | 16 August 1975 | |
Шаблон:Flag | 18 October 1976 |
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Шаблон:Flag | 11 January 1972 | |
Шаблон:Flag | 17 November 1944 (relations suspended 2012) |
See Syria–United States relations
While relations between the two states have long since been tense, the two have maintained diplomatic exchanges. However, relations took an ominous turn in October 2008 with a cross-border raid during the Iraq War to ostensibly fend off the rise of allegedly foreign militants into the Iraq fighting for the Iraqi resistance. In December 2012, US president Barack Obama announced the US would formally recognise the Syrian Opposition Coalition, rather than the Damascus government, as the legitimate representative of the Syrian people. Шаблон:As of, the embassy of the United States is suspended due to the Syrian civil war.[161] In May 2014, the US announced it recognised the opposition Syrian National Coalition's US offices as an official "foreign mission".[162] As of 21 August 2013, the United States has threatened to strike key Syrian chemical and biological weapons installations in response to a chemical attack that was allegedly carried out by forces loyal to Assad on the rebel stronghold of Ghouta within the capital Damascus. Assad had denied any involvement, however President Obama claims to have intelligence proving otherwise. No proof has been given to the public other than reports from key United States senators and representatives. As of 4 September 2013, the Committee on Foreign Relations approved an attack with a 10–7 vote. President Trump on April 6, 2017, ordered the first U.S. airstrike on the Syrian air force since the country's civil war began in 2011. US Navy warships USS Porter and USS Ross in the Mediterranean Sea launched dozens of Tomahawk missiles at Syria's Shayrat air base. The strikes were in reaction to what Washington says was a sarin poison gas attack by the government of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad that killed at least 70 people in the Idlib region of Syria. U.S. officials informed Russian forces ahead of the missile strikes, which Russian military were in Syria actively supporting and assisting al-Assad during Syria's civil war, and US air strikes avoided hitting Russian personnel. Trump, who authorized the launch of 59 Tomahawk missiles from Navy warships in the Mediterranean Sea on an air base near Homs were in direct response to Bashar al-Assad's alleged use of chemical weapons in the town of Khan Shaykhun on April 4, 2017. Following airstrikes were conducted on April 8, 2017, on the Syrian city that was the site of chemical weapons attack earlier. On October 7, 2019, the President of the United States ordered the withdrawal of US military troops stationed on the Syrian-Turkey border. This withdrawal of military support was ordered by the President with disapproval of the Pentagon and the US Intelligence community. The US president ordered the withdrawal of military troops under the premise that Turkey would not invade the region being held by Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF); however Turkey attacked the SDF within 24 hours of US military withdrawal from the region.[163] |
Шаблон:Flag | 11 October 1946 |
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Шаблон:Flag | 14 June 1946 | See Syria–Venezuela relations
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Asia
Syria's relations with the Arab world were strained by its support for Iran during the Iran–Iraq War, which began in 1980. With the end of the war in August 1988, Syria began a slow process of reintegration with the other Arab states. In 1989, it joined with the rest of the Arab world in readmitting Egypt to the 19th Arab League Summit at Casablanca.
This decision, prompted in part by Syria's need for Arab League support of its own position in Lebanon, marked the end of the Syrian-led opposition to Egypt and the 1977–79 Sadat initiatives toward Israel, as well as the Camp David Accords. It coincided with the end of the 10-year Arab subsidy to Syria and other front-line Arab countries pledged at Baghdad in 1978. Syria re-established full diplomatic relations with Egypt in 1989. In the 1990–1991 Gulf War, Syria joined other Arab states in the US-led multinational coalition against Iraq. In 1998, Syria began a slow rapprochement with Iraq, driven primarily by economic needs. In this period, Syria continued to play an active pan-Arab role, which intensified as the Israel-Palestine peace process collapsed in September 2000 with the start of the second Palestinian uprising (Intifada) against Israel. Though it voted in favor of UNSCR 1441 in 2002, Syria was against coalition military action in Iraq in 2003. However, the Syrian government accepted UNSCR 1483 (after being absent for the actual vote), which lifted sanctions on Iraq and established a framework to assist the Iraqi people in determining their political future and rebuilding their economy.
After start of the war in 2011, much of the Middle East condemned Syria's handling of the civil uprising, with only a few countries in the Middle East supporting Syria, most notably Iran, Iraq and Lebanon.
Country | Formal Relations Began | Notes |
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Шаблон:Flag | 4 September 2018 | See Abkhazia–Syria relations
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Шаблон:Flag | 18 November 1951 | |
Шаблон:Flag | 6 March 1992 | See Armenia–Syria relations
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Шаблон:Flag | 28 March 1992 | See Azerbaijan-Syria relations |
Шаблон:Flag | 23 January 1975 | See Bahrain–Syria relations
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Шаблон:Flag | 14 September 1973 | See Bangladesh–Syria relations |
Шаблон:Flag | 31 August 2002 |
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Шаблон:Flag | 15 October 2010 | |
Шаблон:Flag | 1 August 1956 | See China–Syria relations
See Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs about the relations with Syria |
Шаблон:Flag | Шаблон:Dts Relations severed on 6 May 2018[181] |
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Шаблон:Flag | May 1950 | See India-Syria relations
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Шаблон:Flag | 1949 | See Indonesia–Syria relations
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Шаблон:Flag | 12 November 1946 | See Iran–Syria relations
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Шаблон:Flag | 8 November 1945 | See Iraq–Syria relations
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Шаблон:Flag | See Israel–Syria relations
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Шаблон:Flag | December 1953 | |
Шаблон:Flag | 1948 | See Jordan–Syria relations
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Шаблон:Flag | 27 March 1992 |
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Шаблон:Flag | 24 October 1963 | See Kuwait–Syria relations
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Шаблон:Flag | 28 May 1993 |
Both countries established diplomatic relations on 28 May 1993.[220] |
Шаблон:Flag | 22 December 2004 | Both countries established diplomatic relations on 22 December 2004[221] |
Шаблон:Flag | 15 October 2008[222] | See Lebanon-Syria relations
Syria plays an important role in Lebanon by virtue of its history, size, power, and economy. Lebanon was part of Ottoman Syria until 1926. The presence of Syrian troops in Lebanon dates to 1976, when President Hafez Al-Assad intervened in the Lebanese civil war on behalf of Maronite Christians. Following the 1982 Israeli invasion of Lebanon, Syrian and Israeli forces clashed in eastern Lebanon. The late U.S. Ambassador Philip Habib negotiated a cease-fire in Lebanon and the subsequent evacuation of PLO fighters from West Beirut. However, Syrian opposition blocked implementation of the 17 May 1983 Lebanese-Israeli accord on the withdrawal of Israeli forces from Lebanon. Following the February 1984 withdrawal of the UN Multinational Force from Beirut and the departure of most of Israel's forces from southern Lebanon a year later, Syria launched an unsuccessful initiative to reconcile warring Lebanese factions and establish a permanent cease-fire. Syria actively participated in the March–September 1989 fighting between the Christian Lebanese Forces and Muslim forces allied with Syria. In 1989, Syria endorsed the Charter of National Reconciliation, or "Taif Accord", a comprehensive plan for ending the Lebanese conflict negotiated under the auspices of Saudi Arabia, Algeria, and Morocco. At the request of Lebanese President Hrawi, the Syrian military took joint action with the Lebanese Armed Forces on 13 October 1990, to oust rebel Gen. Michel Aoun who had defied efforts at reconciliation with the legitimate Government of Lebanon. The process of disarming and disbanding the many Lebanese militias began in earnest in early 1991. In May 1991, Lebanon and Syria signed the treaty of brotherhood, cooperation, and coordination called for in the Taif Accord, which is intended to provide the basis for many aspects of Syrian-Lebanese relations. The treaty provides the most explicit recognition to date by the Syrian Government of Lebanon's independence and sovereignty. According to the U.S. interpretation of the Taif Accord, Syria and Lebanon were to have decided on the redeployment of Syrian forces from Beirut and other coastal areas of Lebanon by September 1992. Israeli occupation of Lebanon until May 2000, the breakdown of peace negotiations between Syria and Israel that same year, and intensifying Arab/Israeli tensions since the start of the second Palestinian uprising in September 2000 have helped delay full implementation of the Taif Accords. The UN declared that Israel's withdrawal from southern Lebanon fulfilled the requirements of UN Security Council Resolution 425. However, Syria and Lebanon claimed that UNSCR 425 had not been fully implemented because Israel did not withdraw from an area of the Golan Heights called Shebaa Farms, which had been occupied by Israel in 1967, and which Syria now claimed was part of Lebanon. The United Nations does not recognize this claim. However, Lebanese resistance groups such as Hezbollah use it to justify attacks against Israeli forces in that region, creating a potentially dangerous flashpoint along the Lebanon-Israeli border. In 2005, Syrian troops withdrew from Lebanon after the assassination of Lebanese Sunni Prime Minister Rafik Hariri on 14 February 2005. In December 2008, The Syrian Embassy was opened in Beirut for the first time in history since both countries gained their Independence during the 1940s. In March 2009, Lebanon followed and opened its embassy in Damascus. On 19 December 2009, Lebanese Prime Minister Saad Al-Hariri visited Syria, and stayed in Damascus for three days meeting with President Bashar Al-Assad & breaking the ice between the two sides.[223] |
Шаблон:Flag | 1958 | See Malaysia–Syria relations
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Шаблон:Flag | 31 July 1967 |
Bilateral relations between Mongolia and Syria Шаблон:In lang |
Шаблон:Flag | 15 June 1972 | See Myanmar–Syria relations
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Шаблон:Flag | 26 February 1970 | Both countries established diplomatic relations on 26 February 1970[228] |
Шаблон:Flag | 25 July 1966 |
See North Korea–Syria relations
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Шаблон:Flag | See Oman–Syria relations
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Шаблон:Flag | 1948 | See Pakistan–Syria relations
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Шаблон:Flag | 18 July 2011[236] | See Palestine–Syria relations
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Шаблон:Flag | 4 September 1946 | |
Шаблон:Flag | 19 January 1972 | See Qatar–Syria relations
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Шаблон:Flag | 26 June 1944 | See Saudi Arabia–Syria relations
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Шаблон:Flag | 28 May 2008 | Both countries established diplomatic relations on 28 May 2008[250] |
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Шаблон:Flag | 22 July 2018 |
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Шаблон:Flag | 10 May 1969 |
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Шаблон:Flag | 29 March 1992 |
Both countries established diplomatic relations on 29 March 1992.[253] |
Шаблон:Flag | 10 January 1956 |
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Шаблон:Flag | 8 March 1946 (relations suspended 2011) |
See Syria–Turkey relations
Both countries established diplomatic relations on 8 March 1946.[255] Diplomatic relations suspended since 2011. Syrian–Turkish relations have long been strained even though Turkey shares its longest common border with Syria and various other geographic, cultural, and historical links tie the two neighboring states together. This friction has been due to disputes including the self annexation of the Hatay Province to Turkey in 1939, water disputes resulting from the Southeastern Anatolia Project, and Syria's support for the outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) and the Armenian Secret Army for the Liberation of Armenia (ASALA), but relations have improved greatly since October 1998; when PKK leader Abdullah Öcalan was expelled by Syrian authorities. Syria had embassy in Ankara[256] and two consulates–general in Istanbul[257] and Gaziantep.[258] Both countries have been full members of the Union for the Mediterranean and the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC), although Syria's membership in the former was suspended in 2011[259][260][261] as well as from the latter in 2012.[262] Because of the Syrian civil war relations between Syria and Turkey have become increasingly tense. Turkey closed its embassy in Damascus on March 26, 2012,[263] as well as its consulate–general in Aleppo.Шаблон:Citation needed In April 2012 it hosted the second meeting of the Friends of Syria, the Arab-Western coalition in support of the Syrian opposition.[263] Turkey has been taking in refugees from Syria, although abuse and injustice towards the Syrian refugees has been reported. Relations have further been degraded due to a serious incident that occurred with the Syrian downing of a Turkish military training flight in June 2012. Relations worsened further in May 2013 following a border incident involving two car bombs exploding in the town of Reyhanlı, Hatay Province, Turkey. At least 43 people were killed and 140 more were injured in the attack. The car bombs were left outside Reyhanlı's town hall and post office. The first exploded at around 13:45 local time (10:45 GMT)[40] and the second exploded about 15 minutes later. The issue that cemented the crack in the relations was Turkey's reported dealings with the Islamic State (an enemy of the Syrian government) in oil and weapons by various sources. A video surfacing of the Islamic State being unopposed by Turkish security as they traveled across the border between Syria, questions more of Turkey's alleged role of simply fighting terrorism.Шаблон:Citation needed Turkish Military troops attacked the Kurdish backed Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) on October 8, 2019, after the acting US President [Trump] recalled US military troops from Syria the previous day. The US action to move troops out of the region was done so solely by the US president with stern disapproval by US military intelligence departments. |
Шаблон:Flag | 26 March 1992 |
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Шаблон:Flag | 19 January 1972 | See Syria–UAE relations
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Шаблон:Flag | 24 March 1992 |
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Шаблон:Flag | 21 July 1966 |
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Шаблон:Flag | 23 May 1965 | See Syria–Yemen relations
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Europe
Шаблон:Main Greece and Cyprus re-established diplomatic relations with Syria and opened their embassies in 2021, making them the first EU countries to do so.[273]
According to the Syrian state news agency, in November 2021, during a visit to the Syrian pavilion at Expo 2020 in Dubai, the ministerial delegation of Slovenia confirmed unofficially its interest in re-establishing relations with Syria.[274]
Country | Formal Relations Began | Notes |
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Шаблон:Flag | [275] | |
Шаблон:Flag | 7 February 1952 | |
Шаблон:Flag | 26 August 1993 | See Belarus–Syria relations |
Шаблон:Flag | 20 March 1946 | |
Шаблон:Flag | 1 December 1994 | |
Шаблон:Flag | 24 August 1954 | See Bulgaria–Syria relations |
Шаблон:Flag | 29 August 1997 | See Croatia–Syria relations
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Шаблон:Flag | 1 February 1962 |
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Шаблон:Flag | 20 September 1946 |
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Шаблон:Flag | 6 July 1953 (relations suspended 2012) |
See Denmark–Syria relations
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Шаблон:Flag | 19 May 1993 |
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Шаблон:Flag | 22 May 1953 |
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Шаблон:Flag | 18 June 1946 | See France–Syria relations
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Шаблон:Flag | 14 October 1952Шаблон:Efn | See Germany–Syria relations
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Шаблон:Flag | 24 June 1947 | See Greece–Syria relations
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Шаблон:Flag | 21 February 1953 |
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Шаблон:Flag | 13 October 1954[311] | See Hungary–Syria relations |
Шаблон:Flag | 6 May 2004 |
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Шаблон:Flag | 18 July 1975 | |
Шаблон:Flag | 27 September 1947 | See Italy–Syria relations
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Шаблон:Flag | 25 May 1993 |
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Шаблон:Flag | 25 May 1993 |
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Шаблон:Flag | 24 July 1953 |
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Шаблон:Flag | 20 May 1993 | |
Шаблон:Flag | 30 October 2008 |
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Шаблон:Flag | 24 January 1952 | |
Шаблон:Flag | 11 August 1948 | |
Шаблон:Flag | 23 September 2010 |
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Шаблон:Flag | 18 September 1945 | |
Шаблон:Flag | 19 February 1975 | |
Шаблон:Flag | 9 August 1955 | See Romania–Syria relations |
Шаблон:Flag | 25 July 1944 | See Russia–Syria relations
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Шаблон:Flag | 18 May 1946 | See Serbia–Syria relations
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Шаблон:Flag | 1 January 1993 | |
Шаблон:Flag | 25 August 1997 |
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Шаблон:Flag | 3 April 1948 | See Spain–Syria relations |
Шаблон:Flag | 24 June 1947 |
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Шаблон:Flag | 1945 |
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Шаблон:Flag | March 31, 1992 Relations severed on June 30, 2022 |
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Шаблон:Flag | 21 May 1942 | See Syria–United Kingdom relations
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Oceania
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Шаблон:Flag | 12 May 1975 | See Australia–Syria relations
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Шаблон:Flag | 23 December 2010 |
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Шаблон:Flag | 5 December 2006 |
Membership in international organizations
Syria is a member of the Arab Bank for Economic Development in Africa,[368] Arab Fund for Economic and Social Development,[369] Arab Industrial Development and Mining Organization, Arab League, Arab Monetary Fund, Arab Parliament, Arab States Broadcasting Union, ALBA (observer), Asian–African Legal Consultative Organization, Asian Parliamentary Assembly,[370] Association of Arab Universities, Bureau International des Expositions, Council of Arab Economic Unity, Customs Cooperation Council, Economic and Social Council, Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia, European Broadcasting Union (associate member),[371] FEAS, Food and Agriculture Organization, Group of 24, Group of 77, International Atomic Energy Agency, International Bank for Reconstruction and Development, International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes, International Civil Aviation Organization,[372] International Confederation of Arab Trade Unions, International Chamber of Commerce, International Development Association,[373] Islamic Development Bank (suspended 2012),[262] International Fund for Agricultural Development, International Finance Corporation, International Labour Organization, International Monetary Fund, International Maritime Organization, INTELSAT, INTERPOL,[374] International Olympic Committee, International Organization for Standardization, IRENA (acceding), International Solar Alliance, International Telecommunication Union, Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency, Non-Aligned Movement, Organization of Arab Petroleum Exporting Countries, Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (suspended 2012),[262] Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (joined 2013, suspended 2021),[375] OTIF, Parliamentary Assembly of the Mediterranean, UN, UN Commission on Human Rights, UN Conference on Trade and Development, UNESCO, UN Industrial Development Organization, UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East, Union for the Mediterranean (suspended 2011),[260] Universal Postal Union, World Bank, World Court, World Customs Organization, World Federation of Trade Unions,[376] World Health Organization, WHO Regional Office for the Eastern Mediterranean, World Intellectual Property Organization, World Meteorological Organization, World Tourism Organization and International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies.
Syria's two-year term as a nonpermanent member of the UN Security Council ended in December 2003.[377] Syria was elected to the executive of the World Health Organization in 2021.[378][379]
Arab League
Syria was temporarily suspended from the Arab League since the beginning of the Syrian Civil War.[380] Six of the Arab states of the Persian Gulf recognised the Syrian National Coalition as Syria's only legitimate representative on 12 November 2012, but Iraq, Algeria and Lebanon prevented the Arab League from following suit.[381] On 26 March 2013, at the Arab league summit in Doha, the League recognised the National Coalition for Syrian Revolutionary and Opposition Forces, as the legitimate representatives of the Syrian people. The National Coalition was henceforth granted Damascus' seat at the summit.
This act of recognition was opposed by Algeria, Iraq and Lebanon.[382] On 9 March 2014, secretary general Nabil al-Arabi said that Syria's seat would remain vacant until the opposition completes the formation of its institutions.[383] In late 2018, Egypt, Tunisia and Morocco began lobbying for Syria's return to the League.[243]
In December 2018, after American president Donald Trump announced the partial withdrawal of U.S. troops from Syria, some countries initiated reopening of their diplomatic relations with Syria. Diplomatic relations have returned with Iraq, Saudi Arabia (in 2023), Egypt (after 3 July 2013), Tunisia, UAE (after 2018), Jordan (after 2021),[384] Lebanon (after 2021),[385][386][387] Algeria,[388][389] Mauritania (after 2018),[103] Bahrain (after 2018),[176] Kuwait (after 2018),[390] Libya,[391] Oman,[392][393][394][395] Comoros, Sudan (after 2018),[396] Yemen,[397] Somalia[40] and Palestine.[398]
Following the visit of Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir, the Arab League initiated the process of readmission of the Syrian Arab Republic to the organization,[399] while the United Arab Emirates reopened their embassy in Syria on 27 December,[400] and Bahrain[401] announced its intentions to reopen their embassies.
After the devastating 2023 Turkey–Syria earthquake, the Saudis, Emirati, Algerians, Iraqis and Jordanians contributed significantly to the relief effort. A week before, Al-Assad travelled to Oman for his first foreign visit since the quake.[31]
On 26 February 2023, President Bashar al-Assad had met with Iraqi, Jordanian, Palestinian, Libyan, Egyptian and Emirati speakers of legislative bodies, as well as representatives from Oman and Lebanon on behalf of Arab Inter-Parliamentary Union, to discuss further cooperation between the Arab states and Syria.[402]
In early April 2023, Saudi Arabia had invited Syria's Assad to the Arab League summit, ending regional isolation. On 13 April 2023, Syrian Foreign Minister Faisal Mekdad arrived in Jeddah to meet Saudi Foreign Minister Faisal bin Farhan.Шаблон:Cn After frayed relations during the Syrian civil war, both nations now seek "a political solution to the Syrian crisis that preserves the unity, security and stability of Syria," according to the Saudi foreign ministry.[249]
On 15 April 2023, foreign ministers of GCC+3 format met in Jeddah and discussed the return of Syria to the regional organisation and so called Arab peace plan.[403]
On 18 April 2023, Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan travelled to Damascus, met with Syrian President Assad and discussed further steps. The summit is scheduled for May 19, 2023.[404]
On 7 May 2023, at the meeting of the Council of the Arab League in Cairo composed of foreign ministers, was agreed to reinstate Syria's membership in the Arab League.[405]
Earlier, Kuwait and Qatar had opposed al-Assad's presence at the Arab League summit. The regional normalisation effort had caught the U.S. and its European allies by surprise, as they were opposing an "Arab-led political path" in solving the crisis. According to the statement, al-Assad would be allowed to the meeting on 19 May 2023, if "he wishes to do so". The new political process in Syria was described as the "Jordanian Initiative".[406]
Nevertheless, Syria remains under western sanctions after millions of Syrians had been displaced or sought refuge in Arab and European countries during the war. The changes to the relations between Syria and other Arab States would allow many of them to return to their homeland, according to the announcements made earlier by Jordanian and Saudi officials.[407]
International disputes
- Western Golan Heights with Israel;
- dispute with upstream riparian Turkey over Turkish water development plans for the Tigris and Euphrates rivers
- separation of the Hatay State and subsequent incorporation into the Turkish state
- dispute with Turkey concerning the Turkish occupation of North Syria
- dispute with the United States over the American-led intervention and occupation of Syrian territory
- ilicit drugs: a transit point for opiates and hashish bound for regional and Western markets, as well as captagon[408]
Notes
See also
- Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates (Syria)
- List of diplomatic missions in Syria
- List of diplomatic missions of Syria
- Foreign relations of the Syrian Opposition
- International recognition of the Syrian National Council
- Sanctions against Syria
References
External links
- Шаблон:In lang Ministry of Foreign Affairs Шаблон:Webarchive
- UNRWA Commissioner-General Visits Syria
- EU Neighbourhood Info Centre: Country profile of Syria
Further reading
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