(MENAFN) Local media reported on Sunday the Bashar al-Assad government in Syria titled Faysal Mikdad as its new foreign minister.
The regime delivered the seat of former Foreign Minister Walid Muallem, who passed away last week, to Mikdad, who was the deputy foreign minister, state-run SANA news agency reported.
Muallem, 79, had served as the regime's foreign minister since Feb. 11, 2006.
The agency further included that Bashar al-Jaafari was appointed as the deputy foreign minister.
Also, Syrian ambassador to Vienna Bassam al-Sabbagh was appointed as Syria"s permanent representative at the UN in New York, the agency reported.
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