The United States to lift sanctions against Syria, Trump says

President Donald Trump announced on Tuesday that the United States will raise long -term sanctions on Syria, and obtained an American commitment of $ 600 billion from Saudi Arabia to invest in the United States on a trip to the Gulf.

The United States has agreed to sell the Saudi Arms package worth $ 142 billion, according to the White House, which he described as the “largest defense cooperation agreement” ever.

The sudden announcement of the sanctions will be a big boost for Syria, which has been shattered by more than a decade of the civil war. The rebels, led by the current President Ahmed Al -Sharra, toppled President Bashar al -Assad last December.

Speaking in Riyadh, Trump said he was behaving at a request to cancel the sanctions by the ruler of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, Prince Muhammad bin Salman.

“Oh, what I do for the crown prince,” Trump said, laughing at the audience. He said that the sanctions have served an important job, but the time has now come to move forward in the country.

The United States announced that Syria was sponsoring terrorism in 1979, and added sanctions in 2004 and imposed more sanctions after the outbreak of the civil war in 2011.

Syrian Foreign Minister Assad Al -Shabani said that the plan was characterized by a “new beginning” on the Syria Road for Reconstruction. A White House official said that Trump agreed to a briefly greeting Shara in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia on Wednesday.

Trump, the Saudi crown prince, has signed an agreement covering energy, defense, mining and other regions. Trump sought to strengthen relations with Saudis to improve regional relations with Israel and work as a newspaper against Iran.

The fact newspaper said that the agreement covers deals with more than ten American defense companies in areas that include air defense, missile, air force, space progress, maritime security and communications. The Saudi prince said that the deal included investment opportunities worth $ 600 billion, including 300 billion dollars deals signed during Trump’s visit.

“We will work in the coming months in the second stage to complete the deals and raise them to a trillion dollars,” he said.

The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia is one of the largest customers for us.

Reuters reported in April that the United States was ready to provide the Kingdom of the bouquet of arms worth more than $ 100 billion.

“I really think we love each other a lot,” Trump said during a meeting with the Crown Prince, Governor of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, Ruler of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, Ruler of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and the ruler of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.

The United States and the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia discussed the potential purchase of Lockheed F-35, two sources in the discussions on Reuters, referring to a military plane that the kingdom has long believed to be interested in it.

It was not immediately clear whether these planes were covered in the deal announced on Tuesday.

Trump, accompanied by American business leaders including billionaire Elon Musk, will continue from Riyadh to Qatar on Wednesday and the United Arab Emirates on Thursday.

The setting of an appointment in Israel, a decision that raised questions about the place where the close ally stands in Washington’s priorities, and focuses the journey on investing instead of security issues in the Middle East.

However, Trump wants Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to agree to the 19 -month -old ceasefire deal in the Gaza war.

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Military operations were given to Israel against Hamas in Gaza and Hezbollah in Lebanon, and its assassinations of the leaders of the two groups, Iran, at the same time, Trump, more financial lever by weakening Tehran and its regional allies.

American and Iranian negotiators in Amman met during the weekend to discuss a possible deal to curb the Branan’s nuclear program. Trump threatened military action against Iran if diplomacy fails.

Trump said on Tuesday in a forum on Saudi Arabia’s investment in Riyadh, that relations with the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia will be stronger.

Trump called on the Saudi Crown Prince a friend and said they had a good relationship, according to a report from the Wall Street Journal, adding that the Saudi investment will help create job opportunities in the United States

The Crown Prince, known as MBS, focused on diversifying the Saudi economy in a major reform program called Vision 2030, which includes “Giga tests” such as NEOM, a future city of Belgium. Oil was born 62 percent of the Saudi government’s revenues last year.

The Kingdom has reduced some of its ambitions, as costs and low oil prices rise.

The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and the United States have maintained strong relations over decades based on an iron arrangement in which the Kingdom provides oil and the superpower provides security in return.

Trump said that his “strong hope” is that Saudi Arabia will soon sign its normalization agreement with Israel, adding, but you will do this in your time.

However, Netanyahu’s opposition to the constant stopping of the war in Gaza or to establish a Palestinian state has made progress in similar talks with the Saudis.