Eight member states of the European Union urged the bloc to evaluate its ties with Syria in view of the surge of irregular migrants from the nation, in response to a report on Monday.
“Syrians continue to leave in large numbers, putting additional strain on neighboring countries, in a period when tension in the area is running high, risking new refugee waves,” a corresponding letter addressed to high EU diplomat Josep Borrell reads.
The EU severed ties with Syria below the federal government of President Bashar Assad in 2011 after the escalation of violence in the course of the civil warfare.
In 2017, the EU agreed that no normalization with the Syrian regime would happen till Assad participated in a political course of to finish the warfare in step with United Nations resolutions.
However, the group of eight nations, together with Italy and Austria, known as for a “realistic, proactive and effective” strategy to Syria in mild of latest developments within the area.
In their paper, the group requires the appointment of an envoy to strengthen the EU’s diplomatic relations with all Syrian events.
The paper additionally known as for an evaluation of EU sanctions imposed on Syria to make sure they’re penalizing regime officers and never the personal sector.
Croatia, the Czech Republic, Cyprus, Greece, Slovenia and Slovakia are additionally a part of the push to evaluate ties with Syria at a gathering of EU international ministers in Brussels.
Source: www.dailysabah.com