Lebanese Embassy Opens in Damascus 17, March 2009
Posted by thegulfblog.com in Lebanon, Syria.Tags: Damascus, Embassy, Lebanon, Syria, Ta'if Accords
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Twenty years after agreeing to do so, Lebanon has got around to opening/been allowed to open its Embassy in the Syrian capital, Damascus. The initial agreement was reached at the Ta’if Accords back in 1989 which nominally ended the Lebanese Civil War.
Despite protestations to the contrary, this is clearly (another) a nail in the coffin of Syria’s wider ambitions to incorporate Lebanon back into its borders, stemming from teary-eyed notions of a greater Syria. True to form, however, Syrian officials did not attend the flag raising ceremony. Apparently they ‘forgot’ that it was happening on Sunday. Very believable…
UPDATE
Here is a link to a – frankly – far better article than mine discussing this embassy issue.
The Gulf blog 