Syrian business owners welcomes the European Union to lift the sanctions Politics News

Syrians hope that the sanctions will help enhance investment and reconstruction after more than a decade of civil war.

The business owners welcomed in Syria European Union decision This week to lift the sanctions on the country, while observers say is the most important reduction in Western pressure on Damascus for more than a decade.

The European Union step, which followed a An advertisement similar By the United States, in mid -May, was praised by Syrian Foreign Minister Assad Al -Shaybani as it would enhance Syria’s security and stability.

For many Syrian entrepreneurs, it also brings hope to rebuild their livelihoods after years of economic isolation.

“The companies that were expelled from Syria and stopped dealing with us because of the sanctions in contact with us,” Hassan Bandakji, the local employer, told Al Jazerara:

“Many companies and producers tell us that they will return and that they want to reserve a place in our market.”

Sanctions on the European Union and the United States imposed widespread sanctions against the government of former Syrian President Bashar al -Assad, who was It was removed from the authority In a rebel attack in December last year.

Economic restrictions were very limited in trade, investment and financial transactions in Syria, and companies’ reduction from international banking supplies and services.

“The main obstacle we faced is to obtain raw materials and automatic lines.”

“For bank accounts, we have not been able to send or receive any transactions,” Kyunder told Al Jazerera.

The Syrian new government, under the leadership of the former Rapil leader and interim president, Ahmed Al -Shara, called for the lifting of sanctions as it seeks to rebuild the country.

US President Donald Trump said after a meeting with Sharra in Saudi Arabia last week that he intends to request the lifting of US sanctions on Syria.

Mahmoud Abdullah from Al -Jazeera from Damascus said that the government hopes that relief sanctions will help in re -merge into Syria into the international community.

The European Union’s declaration is also seen as an “additional recognition of the new political leadership” in the country.