Italy foreign minister meets Syria's new rulers, calls for sanctions talks
Briefly

"Sanctions imposed after al-Assad's crackdown on antigovernment protests absolutely must not hit the Syrian population. They were imposed because there was a different regime."
"Italy wants to help Syria recover from civil war and rebuild its broken economy, serving as a bridge between Damascus and the EU."
"The Mediterranean can no longer just be a sea of death, a cemetery of migrants but a sea of commerce and development."
"The meeting with al-Sharaa gives you a sense that the international community recognizes this new administration as a new reality, and they would like to do business with it."
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