Then he was appointed as a Consul-General in Athens, Greece, 1970-1974, and then Chargé d'Affairs at the Syrian Embassy in Athens until 1975. During this period, he founded the Syrian-Greek Friendship Association, and Jamal Jabr was its first president. He returned to Syria and worked as Minister Plenipotentiary in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Damascus from 1975-1979.