Italian Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani said he will travel to Syria on Friday to encourage the country's transition following the ouster of President Bashar Assad by Islamist insurgents, and said Europe should review its sanctions on Damascus now that the political situation has changed.

Italy should lead international efforts to lift sanctions on Syria after the Assad regime fell to Islamist-led rebels a month ago, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan told Premier Giorgia Meloni in a phonecall Thursday,

Italy has signalled its willingness to act as a bridge-builder between Syria and the European Union after the fall of long-term ruler Bashar al-Assad. "Italy is ready to play its part in promoting the reform process in Syria,

Italian Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani is travelling to Syria on Friday to encourage the ... France, Germany, Italy and the United States — and spoke earlier by telephone with his counterparts ...

Italian Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani said on Friday that he had called for a moratorium on EU sanctions on Syria for six months or one year, but that a final decision could only come from the entire bloc.

The Italian minister spoke of cooperation between Syria and Italy in crucial sectors, but EU sanctions imposed over the last decade of conflict remain an obstacle to progress.View on euronews

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Italy’s Foreign Minister Heads to Syria to Encourage Post-Assad Transition ROME (AP) — Italian Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani said he would travel to Syria on Friday to encourage the country ...

ROME — Italian Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani said he will travel to Syria on Friday to encourage ... France, Germany, Italy and the United States — after speaking earlier by telephone ...

ROME — Italian Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani said he will travel to Syria on Friday to encourage ... France, Germany, Italy and the United States — after speaking earlier by telephone ...

Italian Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani inaugurated on Friday "a new course of relations" between Italy and Syria during an official visit to Damascus, where he met with the main authorities of the new government and promised that his country is "ready to support the economic and social restart".

Italy's Foreign Minister, Antonio Tajani, welcomed his partners from the United States, France, Germany, and the United Kingdom in Rome on Thursday to encourage a transition that makes Syria a "stable" country and allows for the return of refugees.