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Pencilneck to stand in 2014 poll | |
2013-03-03 | |
Bashar al-Assad will take part in Syria's next presidential election in 2014, the foreign minister of close Damascus ally Iran said on Saturday.
Salehi also said that "the official position of Iran is that... Assad will remain the legitimate president until the next... election" in 2014. Salehi threw Iran's weight behind Damascus's call this week for dialogue with the armed opposition, calling the initiative a "positive step," but reiterated that Assad's regime has "no choice" but to keep fighting rebels. "We believe that the crisis has no military solution and only a Syrian political one," said the Iranian minister. "Iran firstly wants | |
Posted by:Steve White |
#1 The confidence is high. |
Posted by: JosephMendiola 2013-03-03 18:40 |