  XTEJ1743-363 is a poorly known hard X-ray transient, that displays short and
intense flares similar to those observed from Supergiant Fast X-ray Transients.
The probable optical counterpart shows spectral properties similar to those of
an M8 III giant, thus suggesting that XTEJ1743-363 belongs to the class of the
Symbiotic X-ray Binaries. In this paper we report on the first dedicated
monitoring campaign of the source in the soft X-ray range with XMM-Newton and
Swift/XRT. T hese observations confirmed the association of XTEJ1743-363 with
the previously suggested M8 III giant and the classification of the source as a
member of the Symbiotic X-ray binaries. In the soft X-ray domain, XTEJ1743-363
displays a high absorption (~6x10^22 cm^-2 ) and variability on time scales of
hundreds to few thousand seconds, typical of wind accreting systems. A
relatively faint flare (peak X-ray flux 3x10^-11 erg/cm^2/s) lasting ~4 ks is
recorded during the XMM-Newton observation and interpreted in terms of the wind
accretion scenario.
