Bukhari: Saudi Arabia Stands With the Lebanese

Grand Mufti Sheikh Abdullatif Derian received Saudi Ambassador Walid Bukhari on Tuesday at Dar-al-Fatwa in Beirut | NNA
Grand Mufti Sheikh Abdullatif Derian received Saudi Ambassador Walid Bukhari on Tuesday at Dar-al-Fatwa in Beirut | NNA
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Bukhari: Saudi Arabia Stands With the Lebanese

Grand Mufti Sheikh Abdullatif Derian received Saudi Ambassador Walid Bukhari on Tuesday at Dar-al-Fatwa in Beirut | NNA
Grand Mufti Sheikh Abdullatif Derian received Saudi Ambassador Walid Bukhari on Tuesday at Dar-al-Fatwa in Beirut | NNA

Saudi Ambassador to Lebanon Walid Bukhari said that the Kingdom was keen on Lebanon’s security, safety, and stability.

Grand Mufti Sheikh Abdullatif Derian received Bukhari on Tuesday at Dar-al-Fatwa in Beirut.

An official statement said that during the meeting, Ambassador Bukhari highlighted “keenness on Lebanon’s security, safety, and stability,” and reiterated the Kingdom’s support for all the Lebanese.

He also valued the “unifying role assumed by Dar-al-Fatwa,” hoping that the current crisis would end soon and that prosperity and safety would return to Lebanon.

Commenting on the announcement of the US peace plan, known as the “Deal of the Century”, Bukhari renewed Saudi Arabia’s solidarity with the Palestinian people and their legitimate rights.

“Saudi Arabia is committed to a just solution that ensures the rights of the Palestinian people and the establishment of an independent Palestinian state with east Jerusalem as its capital,” he said.



Kallas: EU Delegation in Damascus to Become Fully Operational Again

Kaja Kallas, High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, speaks during a debate on 'Toppling of the Syrian regime, its geopolitical implications and the humanitarian situation in the region' at the European Parliament in Strasbourg, France, 17 December 2024. EPA/RONALD WITTEK
Kaja Kallas, High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, speaks during a debate on 'Toppling of the Syrian regime, its geopolitical implications and the humanitarian situation in the region' at the European Parliament in Strasbourg, France, 17 December 2024. EPA/RONALD WITTEK
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Kallas: EU Delegation in Damascus to Become Fully Operational Again

Kaja Kallas, High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, speaks during a debate on 'Toppling of the Syrian regime, its geopolitical implications and the humanitarian situation in the region' at the European Parliament in Strasbourg, France, 17 December 2024. EPA/RONALD WITTEK
Kaja Kallas, High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, speaks during a debate on 'Toppling of the Syrian regime, its geopolitical implications and the humanitarian situation in the region' at the European Parliament in Strasbourg, France, 17 December 2024. EPA/RONALD WITTEK

The European Union will reopen its delegation in Syria, EU foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas said on Tuesday.
While the EU delegation, which is like an embassy, in Syria was never officially closed, there had not been an accredited ambassador in Damascus during the war in Syria, Kallas said.
"We want this delegation to be fully operational again," Kallas said in European Parliament.
According to Reuters, Kallas said she had asked the EU's delegation head to go to Damascus on Monday to establish contact with the new leadership in Syria and various other groups.
Germany, the United States and Britain had earlier already established contact with Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) after it led the overthrow of Syria's Bashar al-Assad.