US President Donald Trump said in a statement on Monday that Saudi Arabia has agreed to pay for the reconstruction of Syria rather than the United States financing the reconstruction of that country.
“Saudi Arabia has now agreed to spend the necessary money needed to help rebuild Syria, instead of the United States,” Trump said via Twitter.
Trump has welcomed Riyadh’s decision, adding that it is “nice when immensely wealthy countries help rebuild their neighbors rather than a Great Country, the US, that is 5000 miles away.”
The US president’s comment comes after, on Wednesday, he announced that the United States would withdraw its roughly 2,000 troops from Syria.
Source: Sputnik
