Barbara Leaf, Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern Affairs, reiterated that the United States refuses to normalize relations with the Syrian regime.
In response to a question about Washington’s stance on the normalization of some Arab countries with the Syrian regime, Lev said, “The US approach to Syria has not changed. We do not support normalization and we do not intend to normalize with it.”
“If you look at the measures we took this week, you’ll see that it sheds light on the measures and penalties we announced on March 28 against six people and two organizations belonging to one of them.
And he added, “You’re going to see another set of issues that get to the core of why we believe this regime is a disaster for its people and for the neighborhood.”
Leaf pointed out that the US administration’s recent sanctions on Britain for the production and export of Captagon in Syria and Lebanon are “a new and frightening scourge across the region”.
And he added, “So I can go back to Security Council Resolution 2254 and point to everything else the regime has failed to achieve, in addition to the profits the regime has made from the Captagon trade, as further proof that the regime should be treated as a bandit.”
Leaf also noted that the US administration “has been in regular conversations with its partners about their course of action and ongoing policy change.” , it didn’t work, and that’s why they want to try engagement.”
“Our approach on this issue is that those who want to normalize their relations with the Syrian regime should get something in return for this participation, and I would like to bring up the liquidation of the Captagon trade.” It comes to the forefront along with other problems mentioned in Security Council Resolution 2254, which aims to provide assistance to the Syrian people after the terrible oppression they have been subjected to for ten years.
