A Syrian diplomatic and security delegation will travel to Baghdad on Tuesday for talks with Iraqi officials on methods of cooperation in different domains, a Syrian diplomatic source said Monday. The source said in a statement the delegation would be headed by Ambassador Mohammad Saeed Al-Bunni and would convey a message from foreign minister Farouk Al-Shara to his Iraqi counterpart Hoshiyar Zebari. The Syrian delegation, added the source, would discuss necessary steps to open the Syrian embassy in Baghdad. | Interesting diplo factoid: |
Syrian-Iraqi Diplomatic ties severed in 1980, but the neighboring states agreed in the mid-1990s to resume economic ties through interest sections under the Algerian flag. |