France says EU will lift some sanctions on Syria after al-Assad’s fall

Some European Union sanctions on Syria will be lifted as part of a broader EU move to help stabilise Damascus after the ouster of President Bashar al-Assad in December, France’s foreign minister says. EU foreign ministers discussed the matter at a meeting in Brussels on Monday. “Regarding Syria, we are going to decide today to lift, to suspend, certain sanctions that had applied to the energy and transport sectors and to financial institutions that were key to the financial stabilisation of the country,” French Foreign Minister Jean-Noel Barrot said on arrival at the meeting in Brussels. Al Jazeera’s Hashem Ahelbarra reports from Brussels. Subscribe to our channel http://bit.ly/AJSubscribe Follow us on Twitter https://twitter.com/AJEnglish Find us on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/aljazeera Check our website: http://www.aljazeera.com/ Download AJE Mobile App: https://aje.io/AJEMobile #Brussels #EuropeanCouncil #Syria #SyriaWar #BasharAlAssad #SyriaAfterAssad #FreeSyria #SyiraInTransition #EuropeanUnion #SyriaSanctions #SyriaNewGovernment #AhmedAlSharaa #AlJazeeraEnglish

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