US President Joe Biden has extended the unilateral sanctions regime against Syria for another year. TASS Referring to the widespread statement of the White House.
According to Washington, the policy pursued by the Syrian government poses a threat to national security, foreign policy and the US economy. That’s why Biden said that the US has extended the sanctions that it unilaterally imposed on Damascus 19 years ago, on May 11, 2004, for another year.
The US has once again accused the Syrian authorities of “violence and human rights violations”. Washington has urged the Syrian regime and its supporters to “stop the brutal war against their own people”, declare a ceasefire, ensure the delivery of foreign humanitarian aid to the country, and begin to negotiate a political solution in Syria.
The document says that the US will change its unilateral sanctions regime against Syria only when they see a change in the policy pursued by Damascus.
Karine Jean-Pierre, formerly White House press secretary, don’t intend Going to normalize relations with Syria, on the basis of re-establishing its membership in the League of Arab States and continuing US sanctions on the country.