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Trump meets Syria's president after lifting US sanctions on country

Trump meets Syria's president after lifting US sanctions on country

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US President Donald Trump met with Syrian interim president Ahmed al-Sharaa in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, as part of his four-day visit to the Middle East. Trump urged Sharaa to establish ties with Israel, which would make Syria the first Arab country to do so in over 25 years. Trump also agreed to lift all sanctions on Syria, calling it a chance for the country to achieve greatness.

Donald Trump
Republican Party
1. I will be ordering the cessation of sanctions against Syria in order to give them a chance at greatness.
2. With the support of the great leaders in this room, we are currently exploring normalising relations with Syria's new government.
3. It's not going to be easy anyway. So it gives them a good, strong chance, and it was my honor to do so.
4. Having a relationship like I have with these countries … I think it's very good for Israel.
5. I spoke with President Erdogan, who is very friendly with him. He feels he's got a shot of doing a good job. It's a torn-up country.
Karoline Leavitt
Republican Party
1. President Al-Sharaa concluded with his hope that Syria would serve as a critical link in facilitating trade between east and west, and invited American companies to invest in Syrian oil and gas.
Ahmed al-Sharaa
Hayat Tahrir Al Sham
1. Syrians, the road before us is still long. Today we begin the real work, with which modern Syria will be reborn.
Hakan Fidan
Turkish Foreign Ministry
1. Now tomorrow, we, as the three foreign ministers - Mr [Marco] Rubio, Mr [Assad] Al-Shibani, and myself - will come together after the Nato meeting in Antalya and we will work on how to carry forward the details of the agreement that the leaders set the framework for and agreed upon.
Abbas Araqchi
Iranian Foreign Ministry
1. It was the US that blocked progress of Iranian nation through sanctions for more than 40 years as well as its pressures, military and nonmilitary threats.
2. What he stated about the hope of regional nations for a progressive, flourishing path, is the same path that people of Iran decided through their revolution.
Natasha Hall
Center for Strategic and International Studies
1. This will be beneficial all around. Countries like Lebanon, Jordan and others will be able to trade with Syria. This could be a boon to their economies.
Ehud Olmert
1. If it [normalisation with Syria] is not done in co-ordination, it means that America prefers to look at the American interests without necessarily regarding the possible Israeli reaction.
Ben Shapiro
1. President Trump promised to drain the swamp – this is not, in fact, draining the swamp.
2. Taking sacks of goodies from people who support Hamas, Muslim Brotherhood, Al Jazeera, all the rest, that's not America First … If you want President Trump to succeed this kind of skeezy stuff would be stopped.