Lebanese Ambassador Presents Credentials to Assad
Lebanon”s Ambassador to Damascus Michel el-Khoury presented his credentials to Syrian President Bashar Assad, Syria”s state-run news agency, SANA, said Thursday.
Assad "accepted this morning the credentials of Mr. Michel el-Khoury, the ambassador of the Lebanese Republic to the Syrian Arab Republic," SANA said.
Assad wished Khoury success, the agency added.
Lebanon”s first ever ambassador to Syria began work last month, almost six months after the two neighbors set up diplomatic ties.
El-Khoury presented his credentials to Muallem in April marking the official start of his tenure in Syria.
El-Khoury, a career diplomat and former ambassador to Cyprus, was named at the start of the year and an embassy was opened in the Syrian capital in March.
Also in March Lebanon approved the nomination of Ali Abdel Karim Ali as Syria”s first ambassador to Beirut, where it opened an embassy in December.