The Embassy of Syria in Moscow () is the

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of the

Syrian Arab Republic Syria, officially the Syrian Arab Republic, is a country in West Asia located in the Eastern Mediterranean and the Levant. It borders the Mediterranean Sea to the west, Turkey to Syria–Turkey border, the north, Iraq to Iraq–Syria border, t ...

to the

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. The

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is located at 4 Mansurovsky Lane () in the

Khamovniki District Khamovniki District () is a administrative divisions of Moscow, district of Central Administrative Okrug of the federal cities of Russia, federal city of Moscow, Russia. Population: The district extends from Bolshoy Kamenny Bridge into the Lu ...

of Moscow. Diplomatic relations between the

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and Syria were established in July 1944. On 8 October 1980, Syria and the Soviet Union signed a Treaty of Friendship and Cooperation. The treaty runs for twenty years and has automatic five-year extensions, unless one of the parties terminates the agreement. It provides for regular consultations on bilateral and multilateral issues of interest, coordination of responses in the event of a crisis, and military cooperation. The treaty remains in force to this day. In January 1992, the Syrian government recognized the Russian Federation as the legal successor to the Soviet Union. On December 9, 2024, after the Syrian opposition overthrew the Assad regime, the Syrian embassy in Russia raised the new flag.

Building

The present embassy building was designed by the Russian architect

Alexander Zelenko Alexander Ustinovich Zelenko (; 1871–1953), was a Russian and Soviet Union, Soviet architect and educator, a pioneer in settlement movement and vocational education. Originally a practitioner of ''provincial'' Art Nouveau in Samara, Russia, Sa ...

in 1910, and became the High Commission of Syria from the end of 1945. The building became the official Syrian Embassy in Moscow in February 1946, though Syrian declaration of independence took place on 17 April 1946, after the departure of the last French troops from Syria.

Ambassadors of Syria to Russia

* Gassan Raslan (1994–2000) * Wahib Ben Mohammed Hussain Fadel (2000–2005) * Hasan Riche (2006–2009) * Riad Haddad (2011–2022) *

Bashar Jaafari Bashar Jaafari, also Ja'afari, (; born April 14, 1956) is a Syrian diplomat. During his tenure as the Permanent Representative of Syria to the United Nations (PermRep) from 2006 to 2020, Jaafari was notable for his strident defense of the Assad ...

(2022–''present'')

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{{Diplomatic missions in Russia Russia–Syria relations

Syria Syria, officially the Syrian Arab Republic, is a country in West Asia located in the Eastern Mediterranean and the Levant. It borders the Mediterranean Sea to the west, Turkey to Syria–Turkey border, the north, Iraq to Iraq–Syria border, t ...

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Soviet Union–Syria relations Government buildings completed in 1910 Khamovniki District Art Nouveau architecture in Moscow Art Nouveau houses Cultural heritage monuments of regional significance in Moscow

Building

Ambassadors of Syria to Russia

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