| Embassy of Syria in France سفارة الجمهورية العربية السورية في باريس Ambassade de la République arabe syrienne | |
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| Location: | Paris, France |
| Address: | 20 Rue Vaneau, 7th arrondissement of Paris |
| Coord: | 48.8537°N 2.3189°W |
| Charge: | Louay Fallouh[1] |
The Embassy of Syria in Paris (Arabic: سفارة الجمهورية العربية السورية في باريس; French: Ambassade de la République arabe syrienne à Paris) is the diplomatic mission of the Syrian Arab Republic to France.[2] It is located at 20 Rue Vaneau in the 7th arrondissement of Paris.[3]
The Syrian Embassy has been located at its current location since 1980; previously it was located in a villa at 22 Boulevard Suchet,[4] which now houses the Embassy of Monaco. This move, which had been planned for several years, was however precipitated by an attack on the embassy on January 29, 1980.[5]
Its Ambassador, also Permanent Delegate of Syria to UNESCO, was Lamia Chakkour. She was declared, along with two other officials from the embassy, to be a persona non grata on May 29, 2012, following a decision by the French Foreign Ministry, motivated by the Houla massacre.[6]
On November 17, 2012, the President of the Republic, François Hollande, announced that France would welcome in Paris an ambassador from the Syrian Opposition Coalition, the French-speaking diplomat Monzer Makhous.[7]