Embassy of Syria in Moscow

The Embassy of Syria in Moscow (Arabic: سفارة الجمهورية العربية السورية في موسكو‎) is the diplomatic mission of the Syrian Arab Republic to the Russian Federation. The chancery is located at 4 Mansurovsky Lane (Russian: Мансуровский пер., 4) in the Khamovniki District of Moscow.[1]

Embassy of the Syrian Arab Republic in Moscow سفارة الجمهورية العربية السورية في موسكو Посольство Сирийской Арабской Республики в Москве
Location	Moscow
Address	4 Mansurovsky Lane
Coordinates	55°44′23″N 37°35′43″E
Ambassador	Riad Haddad

Diplomatic relations between the Soviet Union and Syria were established in July 1944. On 8 October 1980, Syria and the Soviet Union signed a Treaty of Friendship and Cooperation.[2] 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.[3] The treaty remains in force to this day.[4] In January 1992, the Syrian government recognized the Russian Federation as the legal successor to the Soviet Union.

The present embassy building was designed by the Russian architect Alexander Zelenko 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.

See also

• Russia–Syria relations
• Embassy of Russia in Damascus
• Diplomatic missions in Russia

References

1. "Дипломатические и консульские представительства зарубежных государств в России". Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Russia). Retrieved 2008-06-25.
2. Lea, David (2001). A Political Chronology of the Middle East. London, United Kingdom: Europa Publications.
3. Relations with the Soviet Union
4. Syria, USSR Treaty of Friendship, Cooperation Which Remains in Force