Embassy of Syria, Paris

Diplomatic mission in Paris, France
48°51′13″N 2°19′08″E / 48.85365°N 2.31887°E / 48.85365; 2.31887JurisdictionFrance
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The Embassy of Syria in Paris (Arabic: سفارة الجمهورية العربية السورية في باريس; French: Ambassade de la République arabe syrienne à Paris) is the diplomatic mission of the Syrian Arab Republic to France.[2] It is located at 20 Rue Vaneau in the 7th arrondissement of Paris.[3]

History

The Syrian Embassy has been located at its current location since 1980; previously it was located in a villa at 22 Boulevard Suchet,[4] which now houses the Embassy of Monaco. This move, which had been planned for several years, was however precipitated by an attack on the embassy on January 29, 1980.[5]

Its Ambassador, also Permanent Delegate of Syria to UNESCO, is Lamia Chakkour. She was declared, along with two other officials from the embassy, to be a persona non grata on May 29, 2012, following a decision by the French Foreign Ministry, motivated by the Houla massacre.[6]

On November 17, 2012, the President of the Republic, François Hollande, announced that France would welcome in Paris an ambassador from the Syrian Opposition Coalition, the French-speaking diplomat Monzer Makhous.[7]

See also

References

  1. ^ "UNESCO director offers condolences over earthquake victims in Syria".
  2. ^ "Ambassade de la Syrie en France". ambassadesyrie.fr. Retrieved 2020-08-28.
  3. ^ "Syrian Embassy in Paris, France". EmbassyPages. Retrieved 27 February 2021.
  4. ^ "L'inquiétant docteur-camarade". Jeune Afrique (in French). No. 1005. 9 April 1980.
  5. ^ Rousseau, Charles (1980). "Chronique des faits internationaux: France-Syrie, Attentat du 29 janvier 1980 contre l'ambassade de Syrie à Paris (un mort et huit blessés)". Revue générale de droit international public (in French). Vol. 84, no. 3. p. 907.
  6. ^ "Renvoi de l'ambassadeur de Syrie en France". Ministère des Affaires étrangères et européennes. 29 May 2012.
  7. ^ Pineau, Elizabeth; Bon, Gérard (17 November 2012). "La nouvelle coalition syrienne aura un ambassadeur en France". www.lepoint.fr (in French). Reuters.
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