Syria–Ukraine relations
bilateral relations
Relations between Syria and Ukraine have existed since 1992, except for a three-year period from 2022 to 2025 when they were severed following Ba'athist Syria's recognition of the Russian-occupied Donetsk and Luhansk regions. Relations were reestablished after the collapse of the Assad regime. The Ukrainian embassy in Lebanon currently protects Ukrainian interests in Syria.
History
Ba'athist Syria
Syria recognized the independence of Ukraine on 28 December 1991. The countries established diplomatic relations on 31 March 1992.
Ukraine opened its embassy in Damascus in February 2000, while Syria opened its embassy in Kyiv in August 2004.
President Bashar al-Assad visited Kyiv and met with Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych in December 2010. He stressed bilateral relations between the two countries and the work on signing of a Free Trade Agreement between the two countries.
With the start of the Syrian civil war in 2011, Ba'athist Syria became even closer politically to the Russian Federation. Due to Ba'athist Syria's recognition of the Russian occupation of Crimea in 2014, bilateral relations were frozen.
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