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Bahrain Resumes Diplomatic Representation at Ambassadors Level with Lebanon

Bahrain says to resume full diplomatic relations with Lebanon (Bahrain MOFA/File Photo)
Bahrain says to resume full diplomatic relations with Lebanon (Bahrain MOFA/File Photo)
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Bahrain Resumes Diplomatic Representation at Ambassadors Level with Lebanon

Bahrain says to resume full diplomatic relations with Lebanon (Bahrain MOFA/File Photo)
Bahrain says to resume full diplomatic relations with Lebanon (Bahrain MOFA/File Photo)

Bahrain announced on Saturday its decision to resume full diplomatic relations with Lebanon.

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs said this comes in implementation of the directives of the Bahraini leadership.

"This decision comes in order to strengthen the brotherly relations between the two countries and its peoples and promote mutual respect, in accordance with the principles of the Charter of the Arab League, and the provisions of the Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations, 1961," state news agency BNA reported.

For his part, Lebanon’s caretaker Prime Minister Najib Mikati hailed the move, saying the country “appreciated this decision and welcomes it.”

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Syria’s Leader Meets with Bahraini Diplomatic Delegation

The leader of Syria's new administration, Ahmed al-Sharaa meets Bahraini Foreign Minister Abdul Latif Al-Zayani in Damascus, Syria, January 8, 2025. (Bahrain News Agency/Handout via Reuters)
The leader of Syria's new administration, Ahmed al-Sharaa meets Bahraini Foreign Minister Abdul Latif Al-Zayani in Damascus, Syria, January 8, 2025. (Bahrain News Agency/Handout via Reuters)
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Syria’s Leader Meets with Bahraini Diplomatic Delegation

The leader of Syria's new administration, Ahmed al-Sharaa meets Bahraini Foreign Minister Abdul Latif Al-Zayani in Damascus, Syria, January 8, 2025. (Bahrain News Agency/Handout via Reuters)
The leader of Syria's new administration, Ahmed al-Sharaa meets Bahraini Foreign Minister Abdul Latif Al-Zayani in Damascus, Syria, January 8, 2025. (Bahrain News Agency/Handout via Reuters)

Syria's de facto leader Ahmed al-Sharaa received a delegation from Bahrain on Wednesday and met with the Bahraini foreign minister, state media reported.

The visit was the latest in a flurry of diplomatic overtures by Arab countries to Syria’s new leaders after they overthrew former President Bashar al-Assad in a lightning rebel offensive.

Like other Gulf countries, Bahrain had cut off diplomatic ties with Syria under Assad’s rule during the Syrian civil war, but it reopened its embassy in Damascus in 2018 and gradually restored ties with the Assad government.

Bahrain is the current head of the Arab summit, and days after Assad’s ouster it had sent a message to al-Sharaa offering its cooperation with the new authorities and saying, “We look forward to Syria regaining its authentic role in the Arab League.”