Trump meets Syria's al-Sharaa, eye standardization of the connections to Damascus | Donald Trump News

US President says that “all sanctions” against Damascus are dropped after talks with Saudi and Turkish leaders.

The President of the United States, Donald Trump, says Washington is considering the normalization of relationships with Damascus, after meeting interim president Ahmed al-Sharaa in Syria, the first such encounter between the leaders of the two nations for 25 years.

Trump made the announcement on Wednesday at a meeting with the leaders of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) in the capital of Saudi Arabia Riad, during which he also said that the United States will drop “all sanctions” against Syria.

“With the support of the great leaders in this room, we are currently investigating normalizing relationships with Syria's new government,” said Trump and confirmed his short meeting with al-Sharaa.

The “setting of sanctions” will give Syria “a fresh start,” said Trump.

“We will drop all sanctions.”

The US President said he led to Saudi -Arabia's Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan about the abolition of sanctions.

He said US Secretary of State Marco Rubio would meet Syrian Foreign Minister Asaad Al-Shaibani in Turkiye to further discuss the relationship between the US Syria.

In an explanation, the White House said that Trump asked Al-Sharaa to deport Palestinians as “terrorists” during the meeting, “they sign the Abraham agreement with Israel” and “take responsibility for ISIS home in Northeastsyria”.

On Tuesday evening, Trump had announced that he had lifted sanctions on the war country and had drawn great applause from Arab leaders and celebrations on the streets across Syria.

Trump's announcement marks a large turn for a country that still adapts to life after more than 50 years with the al-Assad family.

Bashar al-Assad was overturned in December after a lightning offensive by opposition fighter, led by Al-Sharaa's armed forces.

Al Jazeeras Hashem Ahelfarra, who reported Riad, described Trump's announcement and his meeting with al-Sharaa as important developments.

“This is a massive breakthrough that gives the new authorities more legitimacy internationally,” said our correspondent.

He said Trump's decision would probably also pave the way for the GCC to oblige the authorities in Syria more financial aid, and found that the US sanctions had previously held them back from the investment.

Imran Khan von Al Jazeera, who reports about Damascus, said that the meeting between Trump and Al-Sharaa, which lasted 33 minutes, was a great diplomatic breakthrough for Saudi Arabia.

“For the first time in 25 years, a Syrian president met with an American president. The itself is very historical.”

While the relationships between the United States and Syria are at an “all-time high”, our correspondent said that it would be “very, very difficult” for Damascus to agree on Trump's demand for Syria in the Abraham Agreement with Israel.

After a short flight from Riy, Trump has now arrived in Katar's capital Doha, where he will take part in a state visit to Emir Sheikh Tamim Bin Hamad Al Thani and other officials.

Qatar, an important US ally, will probably announce hundreds of billions of dollars in investments in the United States.

While the exact details of the investments to announce the Qatar are plans to be unclear, Qatar Airways was expected, according to the Reuters News Agency to buy around 100 Widebody jets from Boeing.

Trump's first two days of a four-day rock through the golf region were shaped by wasteful ceremonies and business qualifications, including a commitment to Saudi Arabia of $ 600 billion, in the USA and $ 142 billion in US weapon sales in the kingdom.

After visiting Qatar, Trump will fly to Abu Dhabi on Thursday to meet the leaders of the VAE.

He is supposed to fly back to Washington on Friday, but he said he could instead fly to Turkiye to get a potential meeting between the Russian President Vladimir Putin and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy because he stopped war in Ukraine.