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"I think this is an opportunity that President Sharaa needs to seize and truly use to rebuild Syria into a free and prosperous nation," US Congressman Marlin Stutzman said.
"We’re on the right track now internationally unless something happens in Syria that derails the process," a Syrian banker said.
“Syria strives to establish peace in the region. As a nation, we genuinely want peace. Syria does not want war," the official told KAN.
Trump's comments come amid his trip to the Middle East, his first diplomatic trip since assuming the presidency.