EU lifts all economic sanctions on Syria, hoping to speed up post-al-Assad recovery

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00:00The European Union announced that it will lift all remaining economic sanctions on Syria

00:06to allow the war-torn country to have a chance at recovery and prosperity.

00:11The bloc said it hopes the relief will ease access to financial funds

00:15and speed up the recovery timeline after the fall of long-time President Bashar al-Assad in December.

00:21On Syria, ministers agreed to lift all economic sanctions

00:26while maintaining those related to Assad regime and human rights violations.

00:31This decision is reversible and conditional also on progress.

00:37There can be no peace without the path to economic recovery,

00:42and we all need a stable Syria.

00:45Is everything really ideal there?

00:50No, it is not. It's very clear.

00:52But I think we need to give the Syrian people a chance.

00:58The decision comes just a few days after the U.S. announced it was lifting sanctions on the country.

01:04U.S. President Donald Trump announced the move in Riyadh

01:07as he embarked on his first tour of the Middle East in his second stint in office.

01:12The news was hailed by the interim Syrian government.

01:14The EU's High Representative for Foreign Affairs, Kaya Callas, says the bloc didn't have a choice on whether or not to offer sanctions relief.

01:39She stressed that the options were either lift them and hope for the best, or risk another Afghanistan.

01:45She added that the EU will closely monitor the situation and will act accordingly if the trust is abused and no progress is made.

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