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GERMANY’s foreign ministry said on Monday that there was no basis for normalising diplomatic relations with Syria, inspite the war-torn country’s recent return to the Arab League.
The Syrian regime under President Bashar al-Assad continues to commit egregious human rights violations against its own people on a daily basis and was blocking the political process, a spokesman for the German Foreign Office said in Berlin.
“In this respect, unfortunately, nothing has changed in the reality on the ground which would allow us to provide support for things like reconstruction or to lift sanctions,” the spokesman said.
“And from our point of view, Syria currently does not meet any of the prerequisites for a dignified return of refugees.”
Over the weekend, Arab countries ended the diplomatic isolation of the Assad regime, which was expelled from the Arab League in 2011 because of the extremely violent crackdown on its own people.
The Syrian government deployed troops to violently suppress protests in the country.
The uprisings plunged the country into a bloody civil war which remains ongoing more than a decade later.
More than 350,000 people have died and more than 14 million have been displaced by the fighting.
According to the United Nations, more than 90 per cent of the Syrian population now lives below the poverty line. (dpa/NAN)
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Tags: President Bashar al-Assad
