(ANSA) - ROME, DEC 10 - The new Syrian government has "held a meeting with the ambassadors of Iraq, Bahrain, Oman, Egypt, the United Arab Emirates, Jordan, Saudi Arabia and Italy", the only Western country, said a statement Tuesday from the Department of Political Affairs of the Syrian interim government.
    "The meeting was positive and the ambassadors promised high-level coordination with the new government", it said.
    Contacted by ANSA, sources from the Farnesina confirmed the meeting with the chargé d'affaires Stefano Ravagnan.
    Ravagnan is the de facto ambassador to Syria but is called chargé d'affaires because the Italian government had asked him not to present his diplomatic credentials to Assad upon his arrival in Damascus.
    The statement also reported that "Qatar will open its embassy in Damascus in a few days. The international airport will also be reopened in a few days after cleaning and maintenance work began today." photo: Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani (ANSA).