US President Donald Trump announced on Tuesday that It will cancel all US sanctions imposed on Syria to give the country under the new leadership a “chance of success”. He said this during a visit to Saudi Arabia, TASR writes according to Reuters report.
“They have a new government that, hopefully, will be successful,” Trump said for applause on the investment forum. “I wish Syria good luck. Show us something special,” he added.
The United States introduced sanctions on Syria, when it was ruled by President Bashar Assad, who was overthrew in December in December by Islamist insurgents. Trump admitted that sanctions were for this Middle Eastern Eastern “Brutal and paralyzing”but at that time they fulfilled an important function.
“But now the time has come to shine … We will cancel all the sanctions,” The US President in Riyadh announced, where he will meet Syrian President Ahmad Šar on Wednesday, according to Axios sources. He still It is on the US Terrorist List for its former ties to al-Qaeda and Islamic State.
Trump said before departing to Saudi Arabia on Monday that He negotiates with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and other leaders about the possibility of cancellation of SANKCII against Syria.
