Ukraine welcomes suspension of number of EU sanctions against Syria - Foreign Ministry
Kyiv welcomes the decision of the Council of the European Union to suspend a number of sanctions against Syria in the energy, transportation and banking sectors.
This is reported by Censor.NET with reference to the press service of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
"We believe that after more than a decade of suffering associated with the rule of the Bashar al-Assad regime, the friendly people of Syria deserve to restore normal life.
We emphasize the importance of further development of Syria on the basis of inclusiveness with the simultaneous launch of a national dialogue process involving representatives of all political, ethnic, religious and social sectors of Syrian society," the statement said.
The Foreign Ministry reaffirmed Ukraine's readiness to join international efforts to rebuild Syria after the war, with a focus on food security within the framework of the existing Ukrainian initiatives "Grain from Ukraine" and "Food from Ukraine."
The fall of the Assad regime
On November 28, after four years of relative calm, fighting between Bashar al-Assad's forces and opposition groups resumed with renewed vigor on the outskirts of Aleppo.
November 29 Hay'at Tahrir al-Sham(HTS), which leads a coalition of opposition forces in Syria, entered Aleppo and clashed with government forces on the western outskirts of the city.
On November 30, the Syrian Armed Forces announced a "temporary withdrawal of troops" from Aleppo to prepare a counteroffensive against the opposition forces.
According to Al Arabia, rebels in Syria have taken control of Aleppo.
Newly elected US President Donald Trump said that the US should not interfere in the conflict in Syria.
Bloomberg wrote that as the rebels approached Damascus , Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad decided to resort to indirect diplomatic appeals to the United States and President-elect Donald Trump to try to stay in power.
On December 8, it became known that Syrian opposition fighters had taken Damascus and announced Assad's escape.
Subsequently, Ukraine expressed its support for the new Syrian government, which canceled the agreement with Russia on the management of the Tartus seaport and imposed a ban on the import of Russian goods.
