Despite the conference rules permitting only ten minutes to each speaker, Muallem talked for over forty minutes before finishing and repeatedly ignored Ban Ki-moon attempts to conclude his speech | " From 2012 until his death, he was listed on the |
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In May 1967 he and another Syrian political attache in Saudi Arabia, Jaber Bajbuj, were declared by the Saudi authorities due to their alleged contacts with Ba'ath agents in Saudi Arabia, and both were ordered to leave the country within 24 hours | Syrian Civil War Early on in the , Muallem held frequent press conferences with and Arab outlets |
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He described the opposition as traitors and terrorists in his initial speech while accusing a number of states of supporting terrorism and deliberately attempting to destabilize Syria | " He also stated that Syria has a special relationship with |
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Muallem began his career at foreign ministry in 1964 and served in Syrian missions to , , and the | Political offices Preceded by 2006—2020 Succeeded by |
He was appointed deputy foreign minister in 2005 and given the Lebanese file by president.
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