European Council to Lift Economic Sanctions on Syria, EU Foreign Policy Chief Says

The European Council confirmed the move while calling on Syria’s new leadership to safeguard the rights of minority groups.

EU foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas at a meeting of EU foreign ministers at the European Council building in Brussels on Dec. 16, 2024. Virginia Mayo/AP Photo

EU foreign ministers have agreed to lift economic sanctions on Syria, EU foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas has said.

“We want to help the Syrian people rebuild a new, inclusive and peaceful Syria,” Kallas wrote on social media platform X after a May 20 meeting with EU foreign ministers in Brussels. “The EU has always stood by Syrians throughout the last 14 years—and will keep doing so.”