Barak confirms that Trump's vision for Damascus is "optimistic."

US Special Envoy to Syria Thomas Barrack affirmed that President Donald Trump's vision for Syria is "optimistic," while the US Senate approved removing Syria from the list of "rogue states" with which the United States is prohibited from cooperating or assisting in the field of civil nuclear energy, according to the Syrian Arab News Agency (SANA).

"I met with President Trump and Secretary of State Marco Rubio at the White House. We discussed the Middle East, primarily Syria and Turkey. I can confirm that the president's vision is not only optimistic, but achievable," Barrack tweeted.

On the other hand, SANA reported that the White House stated, via its official Arabic-language page on the X platform, that Syria's name was on the list alongside Iran, North Korea, Cuba, Venezuela, and other countries, and that it is no longer on the list.

The list of "rogue states" is a political designation that the United States has used as a tool in diplomatic and media discourse for nearly 30 years to refer to countries that are hostile to American interests, or are accused of supporting terrorism, seeking to acquire weapons of mass destruction, or committing gross human rights violations.

The British Foreign Office welcomed the Syrian government's commitment to cooperate with the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons.

The British Foreign Office said in a post on its X account: "The United Kingdom welcomes the Syrian government's strong commitment to turning the page on history and its determination to ensure the complete destruction of its chemical weapons program, which dates back to the Assad era."

The ministry welcomed what it called the operational and logistical support Syria provided to the visits of the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW), and its commitment to engaging with the international community.

During her briefing to the UN Security Council, during its session held on June 5, regarding the implementation of Resolution 2118 (issued in 2013) regarding the elimination of Syria's chemical weapons program, the UN High Representative for Disarmament Affairs, Izumi Nakamitsu, said that the new political reality in Syria provides an important opportunity to resolve long-standing issues regarding Syria's chemical weapons program.

She added that a team of technical experts from the Technical Directorate of the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) visited Damascus last March.

According to the UN official, this visit aims to begin work on establishing a permanent OPCW presence in Syria and begin joint planning for dispatching teams to chemical weapons sites.

The team met with representatives of the interim authorities, including Syrian Foreign Minister Asaad al-Shaibani, in addition to holding technical meetings with two Syrian experts and gathering information not previously disclosed by the previous authorities, according to the UN official.

Nakamitsu commended the new Syrian authorities' commitment to full and transparent cooperation with the organization and its technical secretariat.