Russia to West – Drop Assad Demands if You Want to Unite Against Islamic State

 Sergei Lavrov

Reuters, 18/11 13:35 CET

MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Wednesday the West had to drop its demands about the political exit of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad if it wanted a genuinely international coalition against Islamic State militants.

Lavrov, who said there was still no agreement about Assad’s political fate after international talks in Vienna, said he had detected a change in the West’s position since the Paris attacks and the bombing of a Russian passenger plane. 

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Source: Euronews