13 years after the Syrian war is forced to shut down reopens the embassy in Damascus in Damascus
Foreign Minister Annalena Birbak said his journey to Damascus was aimed at renewing the possibility of a “new political start” between the two countries after the fall of Assad.
Germany opened its embassy in Damascus after 13 years closed in the early stages of the Syrian civil war.
Foreign Minister Annalaena Birbak re-opened his work when he visited the Syrian capital after the collapse of former President Bashar al-Assad in December.
In a statement published on the website, the Foreign Ministry said that Annaleena Birbak was aimed at renewing the news that “a new political start between Europe and Syria is possible between Germany and Syria.”
But it comes with clear expectations that all people, men, all ethnic groups and religions have freedom, security and opportunity in Syria.
Earlier this month, conflicts between Assad’s faithful militants E. The forces of the country’s new rulers have caused the worst wave violence in the country since the civil war, and about 1000 people have died, most of them are members of the aloud minority.
The interim president’s transformation government said, “Ahmad al-Sharah’s committee should control their own teams and take the trustees to court.”
Earlier this month, the temporary government signed an agreement with the power led by the Kurds to control the country’s Northeast.
This “historical” contract was appreciated by Birbach, and that it was necessary to join other groups, so that they could feel “a part of a new Syria.”
Last month, however, EU foreign ministers decided to suspend continuous long -term sanctions to help Syria’s economic recovery and reconstruction after almost 14 years of conflict.
Ministers have decided to remove five financial institutions (industrial bank, popular credit box, savings box, agricultural co -operative bank and Syrian Arab airlines) from a list of corporations that allow the Syrian Central Bank to free the financial and economic resources.
The European Union has stopped operations in the oil, gas, electricity and transport sectors, and in order to facilitate humanitarian purposes and transactions for reconstruction, the exemption of banning banks between Syrian banks and EU financial institutions.
This block will monitor the situation of the country to ensure that suspension is adequate. Gaja Kallas, the head of foreign policy, stressed that “if everything is not going well, we are ready to change the sanctions.”
On Monday, the Chairman of the European Commission, Ursula Van Ter Lain, Revealed nearly 2.5 billion euros Additional European support for Syrians over the next two years.
The amount will be transferred to support in their home country and neighboring countries such as Jordan, Lebanon, Iraq and Turkey.
