Sputnik: Some European countries are reconsidering their position on Syria.
A number of European countries have concluded that sanctions against Syria have not achieved their goals, a Russian news agency quoted an Arab diplomat as saying.
Russia’s Sputnik news agency quoted an Arab diplomat as saying on Thursday evening that a number of European countries were reviewing sanctions against Syria and speculating that they might change their position on the case.
In an interview with Sputnik, the source said that ongoing closed-door consultations continue in some European countries with the aim of “overcoming” US obstinacy in maintaining sanctions against Syria.
The unnamed diplomat added that normalization of relations with Damascus was now under way under the “necessity of humanitarian review”, meaning that economic sanctions had failed to achieve their political goals and put pressure on them. Stabilize against the Syrian government.
“Some Arab countries continue to offer their views on the continuation of the siege, while others – especially Lebanon – have expressed concern about the continuing economic pressure on Syria, plus the issue of refugees and legitimate concerns about population,” he said. “They have expressed.”
Elsewhere in his remarks, the diplomat said that Western countries, for example, have not fulfilled any of their promises to Jordan and Lebanon to reduce the economic and social burden, including relocating some of the refugees living in the two countries to other countries.
In the end, he expressed optimism that in the coming days, positive developments will take place in the economic sanctions case, so that the Syrian people can return to Syria in terms of livelihood and economy.
The report comes as a French diplomat told a group of reporters, including the Lebanese newspaper Al-Nahar, last Friday: “Echoes heard from the Arab League show that three important countries, including Egypt, , Saudi Arabia and Qatar believe that Syria’s return to the Arab League is out of the question. “Because these countries have not shown any signs of changing their position on Damascus.”
