The Tunisian presidency said today, Thursday, that President Kais Saied decided to raise the level of diplomatic representation in Syria, reaffirming the Tunisian people's support for the brotherly Syrian people.
The Tunisian presidency indicated, in a statement, that the issue of the Syrian regime is an internal matter that concerns the Syrians alone, and that the ambassador relies on the state and not on the regime, as it said.
The statement said that President Saeed spoke with his new foreign minister, Nabil Ammar, about several historical stations that Syria has gone through since the beginning of the twentieth century, and the arrangements that have taken place since that time to divide it.
He also touched on the Syrian constitutional experience and how the council, which was to draft a Syrian constitution, was besieged and the bloody days that followed as a result of the Syrians' rejection of any foreign intervention, according to the statement.
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In a related context, the Tunisian Minister of Foreign Affairs, Nabil Ammar, called his Syrian counterpart, Faisal Al-Miqdad, during which he offered condolences for the victims of the earthquake that struck areas in Syria.
The minister expressed, according to a statement by the Tunisian Foreign Ministry, his country's solidarity with Syria, and its readiness to continue contributing to alleviating the repercussions of this disaster.
Tunisia sent relief planes to Syria, including rescue teams, civil protection, doctors, and food aid, which has already arrived at Aleppo airport, which is under the control of the Syrian regime.
Tunisia had severed diplomatic relations with Syria in protest of President Bashar al-Assad's suppression of protests against his rule more than 10 years ago.
Former President Moncef Marzouki announced in a statement issued by the Presidency on February 4, 2012, the expulsion of the Syrian ambassador in Tunisia, and the withdrawal of any recognition of the ruling regime in Damascus, calling on President al-Assad to step down from power.
After that, Tunisia returned a limited diplomatic mission to Syria in 2017, and the relationship between the two countries witnessed a kind of rapprochement at the end of 2018, when air traffic resumed between the capitals of Tunisia and Damascus.
According to the Reuters news agency, since President Qais Saeed took control of almost all powers in July 2021, suspended parliament and dismissed the government, Tunisia has sent signals indicating that it has changed its diplomatic policy with the Syrian regime.