{"id":156679,"date":"2026-09-01T01:22:15","date_gmt":"2026-09-01T01:22:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/156679\/"},"modified":"2026-09-01T01:22:15","modified_gmt":"2026-09-01T01:22:15","slug":"denmark-reopens-embassy-in-syria-after-14-year-closure-pledges-76m-for-recovery","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/156679\/","title":{"rendered":"Denmark reopens embassy in Syria after 14-year closure, pledges $76M for recovery"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Tarek Chouiref<\/p>\n<p>01 September 2026\u2022Update: 01 September 2026<\/p>\n<p>Denmark reopened its embassy in Damascus on Monday after a 14-year closure, with Foreign Minister Lars Lokke Rasmussen announcing an additional $76 million to support Syria\u2019s recovery and stability.<\/p>\n<p>Rasmussen attended the reopening ceremony alongside Syrian Foreign Minister Asaad al-Shaibani, according to the official SANA news agency.<\/p>\n<p>Al-Shaibani called the move a \u201cnew chapter\u201d in Syrian-Danish relations and said he hoped it would encourage broader European engagement and investment in Syria.<\/p>\n<p>Rasmussen said the funding would support early recovery, stabilization, and the return of refugees.<\/p>\n<p>He added that Syrians who had found refuge in Denmark could contribute skills and experience to rebuilding their country as they return home.<\/p>\n<p>Rasmussen later met with Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa at the People\u2019s Palace in Damascus.<\/p>\n<p>The Syrian presidency said the talks focused on strengthening bilateral ties and cooperation in recovery and reconstruction, as well as efforts to support stability in the country.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Tarek Chouiref 01 September 2026\u2022Update: 01 September 2026 Denmark reopened its embassy in Damascus on Monday after a&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":156680,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[2],"tags":[27,26,31849],"class_list":["post-156679","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-denmark","tag-danmark","tag-denmark","tag-sitekeywords"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@dk\/117193169023693180","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/156679","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=156679"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/156679\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/156680"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=156679"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=156679"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=156679"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}