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KUWAIT (Reuters) – Kuwait expects other Arab embassies to open in the Syrian capital Damascus in the coming days, Kuwait said, adding that the move needs a green light from the Arab League, which suspended Syria seven years ago.
The Arab states, including some countries that once supported Syrian opposition, try to reconcile with Syrian President Bashar al-Assad after the decisive gains made by his forces in the war. This is aimed at strengthening the influence of these countries in Syria at the expense of Turkey and non-Arab countries.
The United Arab Emirates reopened the embassy in Damascus on Thursday, December 27, 2018. Bahrain announced "the continuation of work in the Embassy of the Kingdom of Bahrain to the Syrian Arab Republic, noting that the Embassy of the Arab Republic Syrian in the Kingdom of Bahrain is carrying out its work ", according to a statement by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Bahrain.
The Kuwaiti Deputy Foreign Minister Khalid al-Jarallah said that Kuwait remained loyal to the decision of the Arab League and will reopen its embassy in Damascus when the university authorized it.
"Kuwait is committed to the decision of the Arab League in this sense and its embassy will not return to open its doors except with the decision of the Arab League to postpone relations with Syria".
The Kuwaiti news agency reported that Jarallah "expected progress in relations between the Gulf and the Arabs with the Republic of Syria in the coming days, including the reopening of embassies in Damascus".
A meeting of the permanent delegates of the Arab League is scheduled for Cairo on 6 January 2019.
The Arab states of the Gulf allied with the United States were mainly supporting the armed opposition in Syria by providing funds or weapons or both. Much of that activity was part of a program to support the armed opposition co-ordinated by Washington.
Unlike his neighbors, he refused to arm the opposition, even if the donors of private parties in Kuwait sent money to armed opposition groups in Syria. Kuwait has also conducted a campaign to raise funds for humanitarian purposes in Syria, through the UN.
An Arab diplomat, speaking on condition of anonymity, told Reuters last week that he believed that most members of the Arab League supported the decision to restore ties with Syria.
Syria's membership of the university was suspended in 2011 in response to the government's crackdown on Arab spring protests. Member States must agree to cancel the suspension of accession.
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