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Ministers from 17 Middle Eastern and Western countries held a meeting in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, regarding the changing conditions in Syria. During this meeting, discussions were held on rebuilding Syria and helping the government, as well as pressuring the interim government to run an administration representing all religions and ethnic groups.
After this meeting, the Saudi Foreign Minister urged the removal of sanctions imposed on Syria. Since the new regime, there has been a demand from Syria to lift the sanctions and for the safe return of Syrian refugees in other countries.
A special thing about this meeting was that Russia and Iran were not invited to it. While both of them were strong allies of Syria during the rule of Bashar al-Assad. Syrian Foreign Minister Asad al-Shibani was also present in this meeting. Last week, the US eased the sanctions on emergency humanitarian aid and some energy supplies, after which Qatar sent a sea tanker of gas to Syria on Sunday.
Saudi is playing a big role
There is a fight between Saudi and Iran for supremacy in the Middle East. The hosting of this conference by Saudi Arabia is also considered important, because it shows that Riyadh wants to play a leading role in the reconstruction of Syria along with Turkey and Qatar. Let us tell you, during the Assad regime, Saudi Arabia has supported the anti-Assad groups.
Western and Sunni countries came together
EU and Western ministers also attended this conference, which shows that these countries want to pursue their interests in Syria by keeping Iran and Russia away. US Deputy Foreign Minister John Bass, German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock and British Foreign Secretary David Lammy also participated in the conference. Talking about Muslim countries, foreign ministers of countries like Saudi Arabia, Egypt, United Arab Emirates, Qatar, Bahrain, Iraq, Jordan, Lebanon and Turkey participated.
It is not easy to help Syria
Even before the Western foreign ministers attended the meeting, many Gulf countries have started helping the Syrian government. Due to the continuous designation of HTS as a terrorist organization, Syrian funds present in foreign banks are not being available. If HTS is removed from the list of terrorist organizations and the sanctions imposed on Syria are lifted, then the path of progress for Syria will become easier.
US President Joe Biden has left the decision of removing HTS from the list of terrorist organizations to Trump. While Shara has said that he will dissolve the organization.
