New York [US], November 7 (ANI): The United Nations Security Council has passed a resolution removing Syria 's transitional President Ahmed al-Sharaa and the country's home minster, Anas Hasan Khattab, from the UN sactions list.

All members of the 15-member council voted on Thursday (local time) on a US-sponsored resolution to remove the pair from the list of individuals, groups, undertakings and entities targeted by sanctions. China abstained from voting saying that the draft's sponsor pushed the text forward to serve its own interests

The development comes ahead of al-Sharaa's upcoming meeting with Donald Trump in the White House on Monday.

"Now is Syria 's chance at greatness," said the representative of the United States, whose delegation sponsored Resolution 2729 in the UNSC.

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