Jordan Expels Syrian Ambassador, Claims He 'Repeatedly Insulted Jordan'
by Frances Martel 26 May 2014, 2:24 PM PDT
The government of Jordan has
declared Syria's ambassador to
their country, Bahjat Suleiman, persona non grata and requested he leave the
country. The decision, according to a statement from the Jordanian foreign
ministry, follows a series of insults to the Jordanian government that
"crossed the lines in diplomatic rules."
"The government considers the Syrian
ambassador to Jordan persona non grata and demanded he leave the country within
24 hours," foreign ministry spokeswoman Sabah Rafi said Monday, explaining
that a note had been sent to the Syrian embassy that he was being expelled from
the country. Suleiman had "repeatedly insulted Jordan via interviews with media
outlets and social media sites," said the public statement expelling him.
It also claimed that Suleiman had insulted other Arab countries, though it did
not name them. Al Jazeera notes that the statement may have been "an
indirect reference to Saudi Arabia
and Qatar."
The Agence France-Presse adds that the
statement against Suleiman mentioned repeated requests from Jordan that
Suleiman change his tone--that the government "had repeatedly warned
Suleiman not to exploit Jordanian hospitality." The government had warned
Suleiman through Jordanian Foreign Minister Nasser Judeh last year that the
risk of expulsion from the country was real should he not alter the manner in
which he spoke of both Jordan and neighboring countries.
In response to the expulsion, Reuters
reports that the Syrian government declared Jordan's
chargé d'affaires in Damascus persona non grata,
but the Jordanian government responded that he was not in Syria.
Reuters also notes that some observers told
the news agency privately that they believe the move may be related to the
Syrian presidential elections, set to be held on June 3. Syrian President
Bashar al-Assad announced that it would use its embassy in Damascus
to give suffrage to civil war refugees who had moved to Amman. The Jordanian government had warned
against such a move, as it could cause security problems in Jordan, given
that refugees were politically diverse and deeply divided in their allegiances.
Jordan has not been supportive of Assad. In
March 2013, King Abdullah II told the Associated Press that Syria was
"past that point" in which Assad could remain president peacefully,
but "the most worrying factors in the Syrian conflict are the issues of
chemical weapons, the steady flow or sudden surge in refugees and a jihadist
state emerging out of the conflict."
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