President Donald Trump further solidified efforts to create a new relationship with Syria when he met with Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa in Riyadh on Wednesday morning. Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman was also in attendance, while Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan joined remotely.
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00:00We are currently exploring normalizing relations with Syria's new government, as you know,
00:05beginning with my meeting with President Ahmed al-Shara and Secretary Rubio's meeting with the
00:13Syrian foreign minister in Turkey. After discussing the situation with Crown Prince Mohammed
00:21and President Erdogan of Turkey, I am also ordering the cessation of sanctions against
00:29Syria to give them a fresh start. It gives them a chance for greatness. The sanctions were
00:34really crippling, very powerful. How did you find the Syrian president?
00:38Great. Great. I think very good. Young, attractive guy, tough guy. You know, strong pass. Very strong
00:47pass fighter. Does that worry you at all? He's got a real shot at pulling it together. I spoke with
00:53President Erdogan, who, I'm very friendly with him. He feels he's got a shot at doing a good job.
01:02It's a torn up country. But I think they have to get themselves straight down. I told him,
01:07I hope you're going to join when it's straight down. He said yes. But they have a lot of working.