Foreign secretary accepts dialogue with Syrian president necessary to combat Isis,while Spain and Austria believe he could have role in interim solutionPhilip Hammond has said that while Syria’s president Bashar al-Assad must fade, it might be necessary to talk with him as fragment of a deal on a transition of power.
The British foreign secretary gave an interview with French daily Le Monde on Friday, and in which he appeared to depart from the strict US and western policy of not talking with Assad. His comments tip at a rift between Europe’s main powers over the role of the Syrian leader after more than four years of civil war. Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com