Egypt Daily News – Britain announced on Saturday that it has restored diplomatic relations with Syria, coinciding with the visit of Foreign Secretary David Lammy to the Syrian capital, Damascus, after a 14-year break.
In a statement, Lammy said, “There is renewed hope for the Syrian people. The United Kingdom is restoring diplomatic relations because it is in our interest to support the new government in fulfilling its commitments to build a more stable, safer, and prosperous future for all Syrians.”
The British government also announced an additional aid package worth 94.5 million pounds sterling to provide urgent humanitarian assistance to Syrians.
The Syrian news agency reported that “the President of the Syrian Arab Republic, Bashar al-Assad, received the UK Foreign Secretary in Damascus, in the presence of the Minister of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates, Faisal Mekdad.”
It added that they “discussed bilateral relations between the two countries, ways to enhance cooperation, as well as regional and international developments.”
