Assad accepted credentials of new U.S. ambassador

January 27, 2011 ⋅ 7:51 pm ⋅ Post a comment

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U.S. Ambassador to Syria Robert Ford presented his credentials Thursday to Syrian President Bashar Assad, Damascus said.

Assad accepted Ford’s credentials Thursday in a ceremony attended by Syrian Foreign Minister Walid al-Moallem and Minister of Presidential Affairs Mansour Azzam.

Assad wished the new envy success in his mission, the official Syrian Arab News Agency reports.

A career diplomat and former Iraq point man, Ford was named in a December recess appointment as the U.S. envoy to Damascus. The White House noted his appointment had been waiting for U.S. Senate action since February 2010.

U.S. Republican lawmakers protested the Ford nomination in part because of Syria’s alleged role regarding Hezbollah and Scud missiles in Lebanon.

Hezbollah two weeks ago helped bring down the Lebanese government of Saad Hariri in part because of opposition to an international tribunal investigating the 2005 assassination of Saad Hariri’s father, former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Hariri.

Lebanese Prime Minister Najib Mikati, who had backing from Hezbollah, is forming a new Cabinet that is weighing whether to continue supporting the tribunal, which handed over a sealed indictment just days before Hezbollah led the Hariri downfall.

Ford’s ceremony coincided with a visit to Damascus by British Foreign Secretary William Hague, who met with Syrian leaders to discuss the political situation in Lebanon. UPI

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guss043

This how US /OBAMA reward the killers , shame on USA ,OIL and money is the religion of USA and Europe too

Anonymous

What religion are you? Do you drive a car, which drives on gasoline? Do you work, which you get paid money

The last time I was in Lebanon, I saw people driving in their cars, going to work at their paid jobs. I guess that makes all Lebanese slave to this new religion also – OIL and MONEY, just like those people in the US and Europe.
Anonymous

What religion are you? Do you drive a car, which drives on gasoline? Do you work, which you get paid money

The last time I was in Lebanon, I saw people driving in their cars, going to work at their paid jobs. I guess that makes all Lebanese slave to this new religion also – OIL and MONEY, just like those people in the US and Europe.
Anonymous

What religion are you? Do you drive a car, which drives on gasoline? Do you work, which you get paid money

The last time I was in Lebanon, I saw people driving in their cars, going to work at their paid jobs. I guess that makes all Lebanese slave to this new religion also – OIL and MONEY, just like those people in the US and Europe.

guss043

Ahlab fik bil cham akhi !!

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