Publication Date:
Fri, 2010-09-24 23:00
Iraq withdrew
its ambassador from Syria in August last year after Prime Minister Nuri Al-Maliki
accused Damascus of sheltering two people he said were behind bomb attacks in
Baghdad that killed 100 people. Syria reciprocated immediately.
Iraq noted on
Friday that a request for the transfer of two men had not been dropped.
"I met the
Syrian foreign minister to inform him that the Iraqi government has decided to
restore full diplomatic relations by sending back our ambassador to
Damascus," Iraqi Foreign Minister Hoshyar Zebari said from New York, where
he is attending the United Nations General Assembly.
"The Syrian side welcomed that and agreed to send their ambassador
to Baghdad as soon as possible."
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