"The council is sending a strong political signal that recognizes Syria is in a new era since Assad and his associates were toppled,"
"Once again, and not for the last time, Syrian diplomacy reaffirms its active presence and its ability to achieve progress with steady steps,"
The UN Security Council removed sanctions on Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa and Interior Minister Anas Khattab in a US-drafted resolution, with 14 members voting in favor and China abstaining. The United States announced the policy change in May and had urged the Council to ease Syrian sanctions. Al-Sharaa is set to visit the White House, becoming the first Syrian president to do so since 1946. Both leaders had been on the sanctions list for former links to al-Qaeda. Bashar Assad was ousted after Hayat Tahrir al-Sham seized Damascus. Syrian officials thanked supportive countries and diplomats called the move an important step.
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