Saudi Arabia’s top diplomat says Syria sanctions should be lifted

 

 Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan underscored on Sunday the importance of lifting sanctions that are imposed on Syria, saying that keeping them in place can impede its development aspirations.

Prince Faisal said that “unilateral and international sanctions against Syria should be lifted as keeping them in place will obstruct the brotherly Syrian people’s ambitions to achieve development.”

 EU foreign ministers are set to gather in Brussels on January 27 to discuss the removal of sanctions against Syria, the bloc's foreign policy chief, Kaja Kallas, told reporters on her way to talks on Syria in Riyadh on Sunday.

Kallas added the European Union was working on decisions regarding the potential removal of sanctions.

In December 2024, Kallas said that the EU could ease sanctions on Syria if the new leadership took "positive steps" toward an inclusive government and human rights.