00:00A major diplomatic reset in North Africa and the Middle East.
00:04Syria's Foreign Minister Assad al-Shiabani visits Morocco for the first time since the fall of Bashar al-Assad in
00:11December of 2024.
00:13Meeting his Moroccan counterpart, both sides signaled a fresh start, calling it a new phase in relations after nearly 10
00:19years of diplomatic freeze.
00:26Today's visit is a concrete expression of the political will that the Syrian Arab Republic has towards the Kingdom of
00:32Morocco.
00:33Today we will inaugurate the Syrian Embassy in the Kingdom of Morocco,
00:37and we look forward with great anticipation to having the honor of welcoming you to Damascus
00:42for the official inauguration of the Moroccan Embassy in Damascus.
00:49We're going to set up a consular commission responsible for dealing with issues related to the presence of Moroccans in
00:55Syria,
00:56all of our Syrian brothers in the Kingdom of Morocco in their second homeland.
01:02In May of 2025, Morocco moved to reopen its embassy in Damascus after 13 years,
01:08officially resuming operations that July after ties were cut in 2012 during Syria's uprising against Bashar al-Assad.
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