imposed<\/a> on the previous Syrian leadership were no longer justified and were increasingly seen by Syrians as measures targeting them directly.<\/p>\n\u201cWe have a big mission to build the economy,\u201d al-Sharaa said.<\/p>\n
\u201cSyria has a diverse workforce. They love to work. It\u2019s in its genes, so don\u2019t be worried. Just lift the sanctions, and you will see the results.\u201d<\/p>\n
The Syrian president on Monday met US Secretary of State Marco Rubio in New York, where he is seeking to expand his country\u2019s relations with the West and further ease its isolation.<\/p>\n
Rubio \u201cunderscored this opportunity for Syria to build a stable and sovereign nation following President Trump\u2019s historic announcement earlier this year on sanctions relief for the Syrian people\u201d, the US Department of State said in a statement.<\/p>\n
\u201cThey discussed ongoing counterterrorism efforts, efforts to locate missing Americans, and the importance of Israel-Syria relations in achieving greater regional security,\u201d the department said.<\/p>\n
Israel and Syria remain formally in a state of war with Israel still occupying Syria\u2019s Golan Heights. Since the fall of al-Assad, Israel has carried out numerous strikes on Syria.<\/p>\n
Asked whether Syria could join the Abraham Accords, which some Arab countries have signed to normalise relations with Israel, al-Sharaa said: \u201cSyria is different. And those who are part of the Abraham Accords are not neighbours to Israel. Therefore, Syria as a neighbour has been subjected to over 1,000 raids, strikes and Israeli incursions.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cThere\u2019s a big difference between Syria and those members in the Abraham Accords,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"President Ahmed al-Sharaa meets US secretary of state in New York as he prepares to attend UN General…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":444115,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5311],"tags":[13658,16355,32,839,12,2663,6500,54901,8406,49,978,286,659],"class_list":{"0":"post-444114","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-united-states","8":"tag-boycott","9":"tag-divestment","10":"tag-donald-trump","11":"tag-middle-east","12":"tag-news","13":"tag-sanctions","14":"tag-syria","15":"tag-syrias-war","16":"tag-united-nations","17":"tag-united-states","18":"tag-us","19":"tag-us-canada","20":"tag-usa"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/115249989826991816","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/444114","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=444114"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/444114\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/444115"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=444114"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=444114"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=444114"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}