British Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond
Reuters, 25/09 15:27 CET
PARIS (Reuters) – Syria’s President Bashar
al-Assad must go but it might be necessary to talk with him as part of a
deal on a transition of power, British Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond
said in an interview published by French daily Le Monde on Friday.
Departing from a strict U.S. and Western policy of not
talking with Assad, Hammond expressed concerns over Russia’s role in the
country, which has been torn apart by four years of civil war.
“Assad must go, he can’t be part of Syria’s future,” Hammond said, according to Le Monde’s French translation of the interview.
He added: “If we reach a deal on a transition authority
and Assad is part of it, then it will be necessary to talk with him in
his capacity as an actor in this process.”
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Source: Euronews
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