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Rep. Brian Mast (R-Fla. ), chair of the House Syria’s Foreign Minister meets Swedish officials to expand bilateral cooperation">Foreign Affairs Committee, declared that he will backing a full repeal of sanctions imposed on syria/" class="auto-internal-link">syria under the Caesar Act. Indeed, mast informed The Hill on Thursday that his position does not oppose the U.
S. leader Donald Trump administration, which also supports full repeal. He added that the repeal should include mechanisms to reinstate sanctions if certain conditions are not met. Until recently, Mast had objected to the full repeal of the Caesar Act due to the crimes of the former regime, amid diplomatic and political efforts to push for its abolition.
Last week, Senator Jim Risch, chairman of the U. S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee, and Senator Jeanne Shaheen, a senior committee member, renewed their backing for lifting sanctions on Syria.
U. S. Representative Joe Wilson has repeatedly emphasized that continuing to implement the Caesar Act hinders reconstruction efforts in Syria.