France says that the EU will abolish some sanctions in Syria after the fall of Al-Assad | Syrian war news
European countries say they are eager to help reconstruct war diluted countries and build bridges with their new leaders.
Some EU sanctions in Syria will be abolished as part of the wider EU move to stabilize Damascus after ejection President Bashara Al-Assad in December, says the French Foreign Minister.
EU Foreign Minister discussed the matter at a meeting in Brussels on Monday.
“As far as Syria is concerned, today we will decide to abolish, suspend certain sanctions that have applied to the energy and traffic sector and to the financial institutions that were key to the financial stabilization of the country,” French Foreign Minister Jean-Noel Barrot said Upon arrival at the Brussels meeting.
Al-Assad, whose family ruled Syria with an iron fist for 54 years, demolished the lightning of the offensive on December 8, which ended abruptly devastatingly 13 years of war. The conflict has left large parts of the capital of Syria in the ruins and the vast majority of the population living in poverty.
Al-Assad’s use torture chambers and chemical weapons During the war, he turned the land into a Pariah state.
The United States and the EU presented a series crippled sanctions About Syria in 2011, denying Damascus access to capital markets and trade revenue. Western restrictions on power cut off Syrian formal economy from the rest of the world.
The EU is now preparing to refund its sanctions in stages.
Julien Barnes-Dacey, Director of the European External Relations Council, told Al Jazeera “that there will be a strong sense of conditions” applied to the abolition of sanctions.
He added that the EU wants to provide a new state financial relief in Syria, creating time to determine whether the coalition is being run by former Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) rebels to develop in a way that is in accordance with human rights and democratic norms.
“The idea is to create conditions for a positive transition,” Barnes-Dacey said. “But Europeans want to lock themselves in the return option, so if HTS does not move forward with an inclusive transition, these sanctions can be returned to the game.”
He also warned that the abolition of the sanctions that have imposed the US will be crucial to alleviate the multiple crises of Syria.
“European sanctions on its own will not be a fundamental exchanger of the Games. … US sanctions are really scared by foreign finance flows and international business,” he said.
Barnes-Dacey added: “moving to renovation and remodeling, you will need an American and European tandem action.”
