In remarks to the Saudi-U.S. Investment Forum, President Trump announced he would end sanctions on Syria.
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00:00Likewise in Syria, which has seen so much misery and death, there is a new government
00:07that will hopefully succeed in stabilizing the country and keeping peace.
00:14That's what we want to see in Syria.
00:16They've had their share of travesty war, killing many years.
00:22That's why my administration has already taken the first steps toward restoring normal relations
00:29between the United States and Syria for the first time in more than a decade.
00:39And I'm very pleased to announce that Secretary Marco Rubio will be meeting with the new Syrian
00:45foreign minister in Turkey later this week, and very importantly, after discussing the
00:50situation in Syria with the crown prince, your crown prince.
01:01And also with President Erdogan of Turkey, who called me the other day and asked for a very similar thing,
01:09among others and friends of mine, people that I have a lot of respect for in the Middle East.
01:14I will be ordering the cessation of sanctions against Syria in order to give them a chance at greatness.
01:32I will be ordering the new Syrian foreign minister to the United States.
02:00Oh, what I do for the crown prince.
02:05The sanctions were brutal and crippling and served as an important, really an important function,
02:11nevertheless, at the time.
02:13But now it's their time to shine.
02:15It's their time to shine.
02:16We're taking them all off.
02:17And they're going to have, I think they're going to have based on the people and the spirit and
02:23everything else that I'm hearing about.
02:25So I say, good luck, Syria.
02:26Show us something very special like they've done, frankly, in Saudi Arabia.
02:31Okay?
02:32They're going to show us something special.
02:33Very good people.
02:35Everywhere we can, my administration is pursuing peaceful engagement,
02:40offering a strong and steady hand of friendship to all that will.
02:44Take it in good faith.