Sharjah24 – AFP: President Bashar al-Assad on Sunday appointed Faisal Mekdad as Syria's new foreign minister, replacing Walid Muallem who died almost one week ago, the presidency announced in a statement.
Mekdad will be replaced as deputy foreign minister by Syria's ambassador to the United Nations, Bashar Jaafari, who in turn, will be replaced by ambassador to Vienna Bassam al-Sabbagh, the statement said.
His 66-year-old successor, Mekdad, started a career at the Syrian foreign ministry in 1994, and has been deputy foreign minister since 2006.
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