Yugoslavia Shuts down Embassy in Beirut ‘Temporarily’

Published April 30th, 2001 - 02:00 GMT
Al Bawaba
Al Bawaba

Yugoslavia has decided to temporarily close down its embassy in Beirut, Belgrade’s charge d’affaires, Jovan Vujasinovic, said in a memo addressed to the foreign ministry.  

According to the memo, cited by the Daily Star newspaper on Monday, the Beirut embassy is to be provisionally based in Damascus.  

The memo did not offer an explanation for the decision, sources told the paper – Albawaba.com 

 

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