“The sanctions imposed on Syria bypassing the UN Security Council, that is, illegal, in fact, illegal sanctions, have their negative effect,” the president said.
He noted that, despite the call for easing sanctions pressure in a pandemic, both Washington and Brussels decided to extend the "restriction against Damascus."
“In addition, new sanctions have also been introduced, the purpose of which, of course, is the desire for economic strangulation of the Syrian Arab Republic,” Putin emphasized.
Earlier in the United States announced the introduction of new sanctions against Syria, in particular, they are aimed at the Syrian leader Bashar al-Assad and his wife.
As noted in the Russian Foreign Ministry, US sanctions against Syria under the "Caesar Act" hit ordinary Syrians.
RT was broadcast live.