France announced on Monday that it would lift or suspend certain sanctions on Syria’s energy, transportation, and financial sectors to support the country’s economic stabilization and reconstruction efforts.
"We have decided today to lift or suspend certain sanctions affecting the energy, transportation, or financial sectors that currently hinder the country's economic stabilization and the initiation of the reconstruction process," said French foreign minister, Jean-Noel Barrot at the doorstep of EU Foreign Affairs Council meeting in Brussels.
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