“Saudi Arabia and Qatar will pay off Syria’s debt to the World Bank – BloombergSaudi Arabia and Qatar have pledged to pay off Syria’s debt to the World Bank, paving the way for funding to rebuild the economy.
US sanctions remain an obstacle to full support.”, — write: unn.ua
DetailsIt is noted that the Gulf countries announced their commitment to pay approximately $15 million after high-level discussions on post-war Syria on the sidelines of the spring meetings of the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund.
However, U.S. sanctions imposed on the administration of former President Bashar Assad remain a major obstacle to Syria receiving the support it needs to recover from a prolonged civil war. The conflict, which has killed more than 600,000 people and forced millions to flee their homes, has almost halved Syria’s GDP since 2010.
The publication also points out that Republican congressmen Cory Mills and Marlin Stutzman visited Damascus last week and met with Syrian President Ahmed Sharaa “during an unofficial trip organized by influential Syrian Americans.” Mills said he held talks with Sharaa on the terms of a partial lifting of economic sanctions and will hand over a letter from Sharaa to U.S. President Donald Trump.
Let us remindAt the end of March, Syrian President Ahmed Sharaa announced the formation of a new government after the fall of the Assad regime. He promised that the new Syrian government would rebuild state institutions based on “accountability and transparency.”
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