«المركزي» السوري: رفع العقوبات سيمكننا العمل بالمعايير العالمية

The Governor of the Central Bank of Syria, Abdul Qader Al-Hosriya, said: "The lifting of American sanctions will positively affect the financial sector and will enable the Central Bank of Syria to operate according to global standards."

He mentioned that the Syrian banking sector will benefit from the decision to lift U.S. sanctions, pointing out that the U.S. decision will allow for the lifting of restrictions on frozen funds, according to his statements to "Al Arabiya."

U.S. President Donald Trump signed an executive order the day before yesterday (Monday) that ends the legal framework for the U.S. sanctions imposed on Syria, which were originally aimed at punishing Bashar al-Assad's regime but later became an obstacle to the country's recovery after the war.

The U.S. Special Envoy to Syria, Thomas Barak, described the executive order as "a comprehensive opportunity to reactivate the Syrian economy," emphasizing that "the president and the Secretary of State are not seeking to build a state, but rather to provide an opportunity."

Syrian Finance Minister Muhammad Yaser Barnia confirmed yesterday (Tuesday) that the U.S. executive order taken to convert the current freeze of sanctions on Syria into a final lifting, and to cancel the legal basis for many of the sanctions issued by the current and previous U.S. administrations, is a significant and important step that will positively reflect on the Syrian economy.