Italy shd lead lifting of sanctions on Syria-Erdogan-Meloni

(ANSA) - ROME, JAN 9 - 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, according to the Turkish president's office.
    Erdogan expressed the hope that Italy could lead a process of lifting sanctions against Syria, to facilitate the reconstruction of the country, it said.
    "Underlining the importance of acting without delay to rebuild Syria, President Erdogan expressed his belief that the lifting of sanctions against Syria, together with Italian leadership in this matter, would benefit the process" of reconstruction," said a statement from the presidency. (ANSA).