Syrian Foreign Minister Asaad al-Shaibani said on Monday that US President Donald Trump’s termination of the Syria sanctions program would open “the doors to long-awaited reconstruction and development,” according to a post by the foreign minister on social media platform X.
He said the move would “lift the obstacle” against economic recovery and open the country to the international community.
Trump signed an executive order on Monday to reverse decades-old American sanctions on Syria and “give these guys a chance,” senior administration officials said.
The order dismantles the existing US sanctions architecture on Syria and terminates the national emergency first declared in 2004. It also revokes five executive orders issued by previous administrations that formed the foundation of the sanctions program against Damascus.
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