Suleiman Approves First Syrian Ambassador to Beirut

24-03-2009

Lebanon approved on Tuesday the appointment of the first Syrian ambassador to Beirut, five months after the two countries established diplomatic ties for the first time, a Lebanese official declared.

"President Michel Suleiman on Tuesday approved the nomination of Ali Abdel Karim Ali as the Syrian Arab Republic's ambassador to Beirut," the official in the president's office said.

Lebanon's ambassador to Damascus, Michel Khoury, was named at the start of the year.

Lebanon and neighboring Syria established diplomatic relations in October for the first time since their independence 60 years ago.