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DAMASCUS, Feb 2: Syria and Iraq will re-establish diplomatic Relations as soon as a new government is formed in Baghdad, Syrian Foreign Minister Faruq al-Shara said on Thursday. The two countries “will name ambassadors after the formation of the next Iraqi government”, Shara told Iraqi journalists in Damascus, SANA reported.
“Bilateral cooperation will be strengthened in the political, security, economic and trade fields,” Shara said. Syria is committed to the “unity of the Iraqi people and to the integrity of its territory,” he added—AFP
