Sweden–Syria relations
bilateral relations
Sweden–Syria relations are the bilateral relations between the two countries. Both countries established diplomatic relations in 1947. Since the onset of the Syrian civil war, they have had suspended relations, and Sweden shared an embassy alongside Denmark in Beirut, Lebanon.
History
Both countries established diplomatic relations on 24 June 1947, when Sweden's Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to Syria, Widar Bagge, presented his credentials. He was accredited with residence in Cairo. However, Sweden opened its embassy in Damascus in 1974, while Syria established its embassy in Stockholm in 2001.
In February 2006, several thousand demonstrators in Damascus set fire to the building housing the Danish, Swedish, and Chilean embassies, due to the Jyllands-Posten Muhammad cartoons controversy.
Syrian civil war
Due to worsening security conditions following the emergence of the Syrian civil war, the Swedish Ministry for Foreign Affairs scaled down operations and staffing at the Swedish Embassy in Damascus in 2012. Since then, the embassy had not been continuously staffed, with its functions primarily handled from Beirut.
In August 2012, Sweden hosted a conference for the Syrian National Council (SNC) to support a democratic future for Syria, funded with SEK 430,000 from the Swedish aid budget.
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