UN Calls for Broader and Faster Lifting of Sanctions on Syria

ARK News.. The United Nations Deputy Special Envoy for Syria, Najat Rochdi, stated that the Syrian parliamentary elections were conducted in an orderly and sound environment.

Speaking at a UN Security Council session on Syria, Rochdi emphasized the need to lift sanctions on a wider and faster scale to give the transitional phase a genuine chance to succeed.

For his part, U.S. Representative to the Security Council Mike Waltz expressed his country’s support for Syria’s efforts to strengthen relations with neighboring states and to make the most of President Donald Trump’s decision to ease sanctions.

Waltz added: “We call on the Security Council to support efforts aimed at reducing UN sanctions on Syria to ensure the well-being of the Syrian people and to give the country a fair opportunity to achieve the desired development.”

He affirmed that the United States will continue to work with Syria to prevent the resurgence of terrorism and ISIS, and to support the return of displaced persons and refugees to their homeland.

Meanwhile, Syria’s Permanent Representative to the United Nations, Ibrahim Ulabi, said the country is entering a new phase of active political participation and engagement, noting that the Syrian government has granted the International Commission of Inquiry unrestricted access to Suwayda Governorate.

Ulabi also highlighted the government’s continued efforts to combat narcotics, stressing that the previous regime had used the drug trade to destabilize the region’s peoples.

He reaffirmed Syria’s ongoing regional and international cooperation in counter terrorism, which he said “reflects Syria’s commitment not to be a source of threat to any nation in the world.”

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