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We want to give the new leadership a real chance,
German Foreign Minister Johann Wadephul said Tuesday regarding lifting sanctions We want to help the Syrian people rebuild a new, inclusive and peaceful Syria,
Kaja Kallas, the European Union’s top diplomat, posted on social media We as the European Union are not as good as selling all these decisions we have made,
There are worries about whether the [Syrian] government is going [in] the right direction. But I think we don’t have a choice. We … either give them the possibility to stabilise the country or we don’t do that,
The European Union wants to make a fresh start with Syria … but we also expect an inclusive policy within the country that includes all population groups and religious groups.”
Germany’s foreign minister, Johann Wadephul, said in a written statement It is our assessment that, frankly, the transitional authority, given the challenges they’re facing, are maybe weeks – not many months – away from potential collapse and a full-scale civil war of epic proportions, basically the country splitting up.”
He told a US Senate hearing The EU has always stood by Syrians throughout the last 14 years – and will keep doing so,
It’s first of all an acknowledgement that the EU recognises the authority which is operating now in Syria, and that there need to be more financial transactions to pave the way for the creation of financial stability and improve the living standards of the people in Syria,
It is clear that we want there to be jobs and livelihoods for the people (in Syria), so that it would be a more stable country,
