Syrian Ambassador Presents Letter of Credence to Suleiman
Syria”s first-ever ambassador to Lebanon, Ali Abdel Karim Ali, presented his credentials to President Michel Suleiman on Friday.
Suleiman received Ali”s letter of credence at Baabda palace in the presence of Foreign Minister Fawzi Salloukh.
Ali arrived in Beirut on Wednesday to assume his duties 12 days before the scheduled parliamentary elections. He presented his credentials to Salloukh on Thursday.
Ali, who was born in 1953, has been ambassador to Kuwait since November 2004 and has also served as the head of Syrian state radio and television and the official SANA news agency.