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Saoodis: Assad should not have role in Syria talks
2013-05-26
Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Saud al-Faisal said on Saturday that Syria's embattled President Bashar al-Assad should not take part in the proposed peace talks aimed at ending that country's deadly conflict, Alarabiya reported.

"It is impossible for Assad, his regime and its affiliates to play a role in the future of Syria," the Saudi minister told reporters in Jeddah.
Not that you can do a lot about it, except sent more young, disaffected youts cannon fodder to join the rebels...
An upcoming peace conference, expected to be set in Geneva, is a joint Russian and U.S. proposal to bring together representatives of the Syrian opposition and Assad's regime. However, the opposition's long-standing position has been that it will not negotiate until Assad agrees to leave, and there is no formal precondition for the conference of him stepping down.

Prince Faisal said he believes the Syrian National Coalition should be supported as a true representative of the Syrian people.

"We support the will of the Syrian people, which has expressed its will clearly, saying it does not wish to see any role in the conference for Bashar al-Assad, or any of those whose hands are stained with Syrian blood."

Prince Faisal voiced hopes that the upcoming Geneva 2 peace talks will put an end to bloodshed in Syria. Faisal said he hoped the conference would lead to an "immediate ceasefire and meet the aspirations of the Syrian people to achieve a peaceful transfer of power."
Posted by:Steve White

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