Russia accepts Assad must go: UK foreign secretary

Bashar al-Assad must be ousted as part of any peace deal in Syria, Boris Johnson has said in his first public remarks on the issue since becoming U.K. foreign secretary.

Johnson said it was the Syrian president’s “killing machine, his barrel bombs and, in the end, his fight for personal political survival” that had caused the 400,000 deaths estimated by the United Nations in the country.

He added “even” Russia accepted the need for transition in Syria’s political leadership.

Johnson made the comments in a newspaper column published ahead of meeting in London on Wednesday of the Syrian High Negotiations Committee, which represents opposition groups in Syria...
 aa.com.tr
 7/9/16
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