Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif and his new Syrian counterpart Faisal Mekdad held a telephone conversation on Sunday. In the conversation, Zarif congratulated Mekdad on taking office as the new foreign minister of Syria. He once again offered condolences on the death of Walid al-Muallem, the former foreign minister ...
Syrian President Bashar al-Assad appointed Faisal Mekdad as the new foreign minister to replace his predecessor Walid al-Muallem, who recently passed away, the country’s presidential office announced on Sunday. Syria’s former permanent representative to the United Nations in New York, Bashar Jaafari, has also been appointed as deputy foreign minister ...
