Sen. Jeanne Shaheen (D-N.H.), ranking member of the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee and co-chair of the Senate NATO observer group, met with Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa on Wednesday on the sidelines of the NATO Summit in Ankara, Turkey, to discuss the future of U.S.-Syria relations.
According to the committee, Shaheen discussed Congress’s repeal of Assad-era Caesar Act sanctions and bipartisan legislation that would eliminate the remaining U.S. sanctions on Syria.
The two also discussed the implementation of the agreement between the Syrian government and the U.S.-backed Syrian Democratic Forces, which the committee described as “an important step toward national reconciliation and a unified Syria.”
Shaheen also reiterated her call for the U.S. State Department to remove Syria from its list of state sponsors of terrorism “in recognition of the new government’s considerable progress in fighting terrorist groups.”
