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The ministry said in a statement on its official website: “Today, in support of the United States government’s efforts to improve accountability and achieve a political solution to the Syrian conflict, the United States Department of the Treasury (OFAC) she punished a high-ranking Syrian government official, her husband, a member of the Syrian People’s Assembly, and their business entities, “as she stated.
“In addition, the Office of Foreign Assets Control has added the Central Bank of Syria to the list of specially designated nationals and prohibited persons (the list of prohibited persons), which confirms its status as a prohibited person, in addition to identifying the property of previously banned people, “he said.
It indicated that the Office of Foreign Assets Control added two people, nine business entities and the Central Bank of Syria to the list of specific people, according to Syrian sanctions authorities.
He emphasized that the Treasury Department aims, through this measure, to discourage future investment in government-controlled areas in Syria and to force the regime into the process facilitated by the United Nations in line with Council Resolution 2254.
Minister Stephen Mnuchin said: “A year ago this week, the president signed the Caesar Act of 2019, which is an important step, confirmed by today’s actions.”
Along with the Treasury Department rankings, the State Department today also classified six Syrians according to Article 2 of Executive Order No. 13894.
Notably, Syria on Monday described Washington’s decision to continue imposing sanctions as “showing the state of total disconnection from reality by the US administration,” and said that “aggression against Syria is on the way to inevitable failure. “.
In response to a statement released by the US embassy on Sunday, the Syrian Foreign Ministry expressed Syria’s astonishment at the statement by the US State Department on the continued imposition of sanctions on Syria, saying that “ It shows the state of total disconnection from reality of the American administration and its use of language and vocabulary that contradicts the facts and has become a trademark of the state of American hostility towards Syria.
SANA quoted an official source from the Syrian Foreign Ministry that “the US administration must finally realize that the aggression against Syria is on the way to inevitable failure in the face of the steadfast Syrians, and that the future of Syria is an exclusive right of its citizens, and neither the US administration nor anyone else will have any role or opinion in this field. “
The source noted that “the suffering endured and endured by the Syrians is a direct result of US-backed terrorism.” US administration officials must be held accountable. “
The US embassy in Damascus announced through its social media accounts that the administration of President Donald Trump will continue with the sanctions it imposed on Syria under the “Caesar Law”, which affected more than 90 people and entities.
