By Nayera Abdallah, Menna AlaaElDin and Andrew Mills
DOHA -Syria’s new Islamist rulers mentioned on Sunday that U.S. sanctions on Syria have been an impediment to the war-torn nation’s fast restoration and urged Washington to elevate them throughout a go to by Syrian officers to Qatar.
“These sanctions represent a barrier and an impediment to the fast restoration and improvement of the Syrian individuals who await companies and partnerships from different nations,” Syria’s Foreign Minister Asaad Hassan al-Shibani instructed reporters after assembly with Qatar’s Prime Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani, who additionally serves as overseas minister.
“We reiterate our requires the United States to elevate these sanctions, which have now turn out to be towards the Syrian individuals fairly than what they beforehand have been: imposed sanctions on the Assad regime,” he mentioned.
Shibani, on his second overseas journey lower than a month after former President Bashar al-Assad was ousted by rebels on Dec. 8, mentioned that Qatar can be a associate within the new part in Syria.
Doha had not normalised ties with Assad over his authorities’s violent response to 2011 protests and backed the Syrian opposition as a substitute.
Shibani, who was joined by Syrian Defence Minister Murhaf Abu Qasra and Head of Intelligence Anas Khattab, met with different senior Qatari officers together with Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Mohammed Al-Khulaifi, a Qatari official instructed Reuters earlier.
Shibani offered the Qataris a transparent roadmap for the close to future in Syria and steps that will be taken by the brand new Syrian administration, Al-Khulaifi instructed reporters after the assembly.
“We are working collectively to forestall any overseas interference in Syrian affairs,” Al-Khulaifi added.
Shibani mentioned the roadmap is supposed to “rebuild our nation, restore its Arab and overseas relations, allow the Syrian individuals to acquire their civil and primary rights, and current a authorities that the Syrian individuals really feel it represents them and all their elements.”
He is anticipated to additionally go to the United Arab Emirates and Jordan this week to “assist stability, safety, financial restoration and construct distinguished partnerships,” in line with his account on X.
Shibani launched into his first overseas journey to Saudi Arabia on Wednesday, lower than a month since former President Bashar al-Assad was ousted by rebels on Dec. 8, the place Saudi officers mentioned how finest to assist Syria’s political transition.
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