Embassy of Syria, Paris

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]

Embassy of Syria in France
سفارة الجمهورية العربية السورية في باريس
Ambassade de la République arabe syrienne
Embassy entrance
LocationParis, France
Address20 Rue Vaneau, 7th arrondissement of Paris
Coordinates48°51′13″N 2°19′08″E
JurisdictionFrance
Andorra
Monaco
Chargé d'affairesLouay Fallouh[1]
Websiteambassadesyrie.fr/new/

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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