STORY: Türkiye reopens embassy in Damascus
SHOOTING TIME: Dec. 14, 2024
DATELINE: Dec. 15, 2024
LENGTH: 00:01:33
LOCATION: ISTANBUL, Türkiye
CATEGORY: POLITICS

SHOTLIST:
1. various of Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Turkish President
2. various of Turkish embassy in Damascus

STORYLINE:

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan announced Saturday that Türkiye reopened its embassy in the Syrian capital of Damascus.

"We will stand by the people of Syria in their efforts to rebuild and recover the country," Erdogan said at the provincial party congress held in eastern Türkiye's city of Erzurum.

Ankara earlier this week appointed Türkiye's Ambassador to Mauritania Burhan Koroglu as acting charge d'affaires at the Turkish embassy in Damascus.

In an interview with the NTV broadcaster on Friday evening, Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan said Koroglu and his team traveled to Damascus on Thursday and that the embassy was ready to become operational.

On Saturday, NTV reported that the Turkish flag was hoisted again at the embassy in Damascus.

Türkiye closed its embassy in Damascus in 2012, citing escalating violence amidst the Syrian civil war.

Xinhua News Agency correspondents reporting from Istanbul, Türkiye.
(XHTV)