{"id":75084,"date":"2026-04-20T17:42:16","date_gmt":"2026-04-20T17:42:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/75084\/"},"modified":"2026-04-20T17:42:16","modified_gmt":"2026-04-20T17:42:16","slug":"eu-reignites-ties-with-syria-a-new-dawn-for-diplomacy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/75084\/","title":{"rendered":"EU Reignites Ties with Syria: A New Dawn for Diplomacy"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<p>The European Commission has put forward a proposal to resume its 1978 cooperation agreement with Syria. This move aims to strengthen ties ahead of formal discussions with Syrian authorities scheduled for May, aligning with a report by Reuters made public on Friday.<\/p>\n<p>This development comes as Syria, under President Ahmed al-Sharaa, is aspiring for broader integration into the international community following the lifting of most Western sanctions. Al-Sharaa, instrumental in toppling former leader Bashar al-Assad in late 2024 after a lengthy 14-year conflict, is steering this diplomatic shift.<\/p>\n<p>Additionally, Syria is becoming a pivotal transit hub amidst the ongoing energy crisis, exacerbated by the closure of the Strait of Hormuz during the Iran conflict. The European Council must formally adopt the Commission&#8217;s proposal for it to take effect.<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<p>(With inputs from agencies.)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"&#13; The European Commission has put forward a proposal to resume its 1978 cooperation agreement with Syria. This&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":75085,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[30],"tags":[672,1613,27435,6805,12950,11169,27436,27437,101,95],"class_list":["post-75084","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-syria","tag-ahmed-al-sharaa","tag-bashar-al-assad","tag-cooperation-agreement","tag-energy-crisis","tag-european-commission","tag-european-council","tag-international-integration","tag-reuters-report","tag-strait-of-hormuz","tag-syria"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@iran\/116438272676529235","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/75084","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=75084"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/75084\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/75085"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=75084"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=75084"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=75084"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}