Denmark reopens Damascus embassy: state media

Denmark reopened its embassy in Damascus on Monday after years of suspended diplomatic activity, Syrian state media reported.

SANA said Danish Foreign Minister Lars Lokke Rasmussen, accompanied by Syrian Foreign Minister Asaad al-Shaibani, reopened the outpost after a 14-year break.

“A new chapter is being written in Syrian-Danish relations, and this step encourages the rest of the European countries to invest in Syria and follow suit,” Shaibani said, according to SANA.

Several European countries shut their embassies and cut diplomatic ties with Bashar al-Assad after his government repressed pro-democracy protests in 2011, triggering nearly 14 years of civil war.

Syria's new authorities, who toppled Assad in December 2024, have relaunched diplomatic ties with the international community, including countries in Europe where hundreds of thousands of Syrians fled as refugees during the conflict.

Last month, Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa announced an agreement with French President Emmanuel Macron to install new ambassadors after the French embassy in Damascus closed in 2012.

Britain re-established full diplomatic relations with Syria in July 2025. Germany officially reopened its embassy in Damascus in March, two months after Spain raised its flag at its embassy. Turkey and Qatar were the first to reopen their missions in Damascus after Assad's toppling.