Office of the Spokesperson
The below is attributable toSpokespersonTammy Bruce:
Secretary of StateMarco Rubiospoke withForeign Minister AsaadHassanal-ShaibaniregardingPresident Trump’s historicactions toterminatethe United States sanctions programand national emergency with respect toSyria.The Secretaryaffirmed he would considerfurther stepsreviewingdomesticandUnited Nationsterrorist designationsrelated to Syria.TheSecretaryalsounderscored his intent tomaintainsanctions onmalign actors includingBashar al-Assad, his associates, andothers who threaten Syrian and international security.TheSecretaryexpressed his hopethattogether,these steps will mark the beginning of a new chapter forboththe Syrian peopleandU.S.-Syria relations.
The Secretary and the Foreign Minister also discussed other matters of shared concern, including countering terrorism, Iran, Israel-Syria relations, and destroying any remnants of the Assad regime’s chemical weapons program.
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