Germany, France, the Netherlands, Spain, Finland and Denmark are calling on the EU to reconsider its sanctions policy towards Syria, in a non-paper dated 10 January obtained by Agence Europe, “in view of the fall of the repressive Assad regime, which was the objective of our restrictive measures, and to consider it as a tool for moving forward”.
On Sunday 12 January, EU High Representative Kaja Kallas explained, after a meeting with Syria’s new foreign minister, Asaad Hassan...