Syria is set to sign a deal to import electricity from Turkey through a 400-kilovolt transmission line between the two countries "soon", the Syrian state news agency cited the country's energy minister as saying on Sunday.

The overtures to Washington are part of Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa's pledge to end Syria's international sanctions.

It began in Riyadh with Trump saying he wanted to make a deal with Iran, before meeting the new leader of Syria Ahmed al-Sharaa. A short flight on Air Force One then whisked him over to Doha where he signed financial and arms deals worth billions of dollars with the Emir of Qatar.

Mohammad Bashir confirmed that, in addition to the electricity deal, the two countries are working jointly to construct a strategic natural gas pipeline from Kilis Province on the Turkish side of the border into Syria’s Aleppo Governorate,

Syrian Energy Minister Mohammad al-Bashir said Friday Damascus and Ankara had reached a deal for Turkey to supply natural gas to the war-torn country via a pipeline in the north.

Al-Bashir called on Turkish companies to invest in Syria, saying that ‘’Investment is available in all areas of energy, including oil and natural gas exploration, refining and transportation, rehabilitation of power lines and power generation plants, and rebuilding refineries.’’