Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment he has made of the effect of increased economic sanctions by the US Administration on the Syrian Government on achieving the reauthorisation of humanitarian and medical aid border crossings under UN Security Council Resolution 2504, due for renewal by 10 July 2020.

We welcome US statements that these new sanctions are targeted and humanitarian exemptions continue to apply. As such, we do not believe that they should impact current negotiations regarding UN Security Council Resolution 2504. The renewal is a matter for the UN Security Council and the UK continues to be vocal on the need for cross-border aid into both north-west and north-east Syria.