Syria, EU aims at the full reactivation of the delegation in Damascus

Brussels – Post-Assad EU-Syria: There is a European intention to establish new, closer bilateral relations. There is the intention of the Twenty-Seven to give new impetus to diplomatic relations, an intention put in black and white in the conclusions of the extraordinary Foreign Affairs Council convened in the wake of the deteriorating situation in the Middle East after the Israeli attacks in Iran. “The European Union will ensure a stronger and permanent diplomatic presence in Damascus as soon as possible through the full reactivation of the EU delegation,” reads the text at the end of the meeting. A few lines, but with strong political significance.

Never before has a stable Syria become more crucial than at this historic moment for the European Union, whose aim is to try to play a new role in foreign policy and international relations in a quadrant where different interests and actors meet and clash. There is, on the one hand, Turkey, concerned about the pressure and claims of the Kurds, the second largest ethnic group after the Arabs, and present in northern Syria. It is acknowledged that “The EU continues to be concerned about the involvement of Turkish-backed armed groups in the north of the country.”