EU seeks assurances from Syria’s new leaders in exchange for dropping sanctions
Associated Press
BRUSSELS (AP) — European Union nations have set out conditions for lifting sanctions on Syria. They want guarantees from Syria’s new leaders that they are preparing for a peaceful political future where extremism and former allies Russia and Iran can play no role. The new leadership has yet to lay out a clear vision of how Syria will be governed. An interim government was set up by former opposition forces led by an Islamic militant group that the EU and U.S. consider a terrorist organization. The group is a former al-Qaida affiliate. The EU could lift sanctions and send development aid if its conditions are met.
