State Dept Spox Asked If Lifting Syria's Sanctions Represents A 'Policy Shift Towards Normalization'

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During a State Department press briefing on Tuesday, Principal Deputy spokesperson Tommy Pigott was asked about the Trump administration's plan to lift sanctions on Syria.

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00:00Thank you. I want to follow up on Syria. President Trump, in addition to lifting

00:06the sanctions, also said that he wants to create a fresh start with Syria. I wonder

00:14what does this mean for the U.S.-Syria relations going forward? Does this move indicate a broader

00:21policy shift towards food normalization? I also wonder, President Trump also said today

00:27that Secretary Rubio will meet Syrian Foreign Minister Al-Shaiban in Turkey later this week.

00:33What are your expectations from this meeting? Well, the President spoke to this. He spoke

00:37to his reasoning. He spoke to the fact that he wants to see the entire region thrive.

00:41We want to see peace and prosperity. When it comes to Syrian interim authorities, from this

00:46podium and elsewhere, we've communicated with them some of the actions that they should

00:49take for peace and prosperity, and we hope that they do take those actions. But the President

00:53has spoken to this in that speech a few hours ago, saying that this is about making sure

00:57we have a region that can thrive, a region for long-term peace and prosperity. Yes.

01:02Yeah, I want to do a question.

01:03Yeah. I want to do a question.

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