Tunisian President Kais Saied instructed his Foreign Minister on Monday to initiate procedures for appointing a new ambassador to Damascus, as the Arabs’ last move to end the isolation of the Assad regime.
According to a statement from the Tunisian presidency, this decision came after a meeting between Said and Foreign Minister Nabil Ammar.
In the statement, it was stated that Saeed “decided to initiate the necessary procedures for the appointment of an ambassador to Tunisia in Damascus, and it was emphasized that the most important of the foreign policy principles of Tunisian diplomacy was not to fall into any axis and to adhere to the principle of independence.” national decision.”
According to the same source, Said stressed that “Tunis’ positions abroad stem from the will of the people of the country.”
On February 10, Saeed decided to raise Tunisia’s diplomatic representation in Damascus.
At the time, he said, “The issue of the Syrian regime is a domestic issue that concerns only Syrians, and it depends on the state, not the ambassador regime.”
It is noteworthy that diplomatic relations between Tunisia and the Assad regime were interrupted in early 2012 by a decision of former President Mohamed Moncef Marzouki, on the backdrop of the regime’s repression of civilians demanding freedom and dignity.
