Syrian authorities have confirmed the closure of the office that was occupied by the Algeria-backed polisario separatists in Damascus and reaffirmed their commitment to respecting the Kingdom’s national sovereignty and territorial integrity.
The confirmation came as a Moroccan technical delegation is visiting Syria to supervise the reopening of Morocco’s embassy in Damascus, as announced by King Mohammed VI in his address to the 34th Arab summit held in Baghdad on May 17.
In this connection, a joint mission comprising members of the Moroccan delegation and Syrian senior officials paid a field visit to ascertain the effective closure of the polisario’s office in the Syrian capital.
The Syrian authorities have reaffirmed thus their commitment to respecting the Kingdom’s national sovereignty and territorial integrity, and their rejection of any form of support for separatist entities.
This move also translates Syria’s firm willingness to strengthen bilateral cooperation with Morocco and promote regional stability.
King Mohammed VI’s decision to reopen the Moroccan Embassy in Damascus marks a new era in Moroccan-Syrian ties; and the closure of the polisario’s office in Damascus is a tangible expression of Syria’s commitment to the Kingdom’s territorial integrity.
The Moroccan technical delegation, entrusted with finalizing the necessary arrangements for the embassy’s reopening, held talks with senior officials from the Syrian Ministry of Foreign Affairs on the logistical, legal, and diplomatic components required to operationalize this decision.
In his address to the Arab Summit, the Monarch had emphasized that the reopening of the embassy, closed since 2012, would usher in broader prospects for the historical bilateral relations between the two countries and two peoples.