Foreign ministers call for lifting of Western sanctions on Syria

Syrian government forces were deployed in Damascus (Omar Sanadiki/AP)

Syria’s foreign minister and his counterparts from neighbouring countries have called for the lifting of Western-led sanctions and post-war reconciliation.

The foreign ministers of Turkey, Iraq, Jordan and Lebanon made their remarks alongside Syrian foreign minister Asaad Hassan al-Shibani following a meeting in the Jordanian capital Amman.