Saturday, December 19, 2015

France demands assurances Assad will leave power

French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius on Friday demanded that talks on Syria’s future yield assurances that President Bashar al-Assad will leave power.

“There must be safeguards regarding the exit of Bashar al-Assad,” Fabius told the U.N. Security Council after the adoption of a resolution endorsing a peace process.

The resolution calls for a ceasefire and peace talks to begin in early January, but it does not address the contentious issue of Assad’s future.

France, the United States and other Western powers hold Assad responsible for the killing of civilians during the nearly five-year war in Syria and accuse him of fomenting extremism that led to the rise of the ISIS group.

“How could somebody bring together a whole people when he has massacred so many?” Fabius asked.

As long as Assad remains in power, Fabius said, reconciliation between Syrians and the state will remain “unattainable.”

 AFP
alarabiya.net
19/12/15
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  1. Moskau und Washington streiten weiter über Assad...

    Einstimmig hat der UN-Sicherheitsrat eine Resolution zum Friedensprozess in Syrien angenommen. In einem Monat sollen Friedensgespräche beginnen. Doch Amerika beharrt darauf, dass Syriens Präsident Assad entmachtet wird.

    Nach monatelangen Verhandlungen hat sich die internationale Gemeinschaft auf einen verbindlichen Plan zur Befriedung des Syrien-Konflikts geeinigt. Der Sicherheitsrat der Vereinten Nationen verabschiedete am Freitagabend in New York einstimmig eine entsprechende Resolution. Diese sieht unter anderem vor, dass bereits im Januar Friedensgespräche zwischen Präsident Baschar al-Assad und der Opposition beginnen sollen.

    UN-Generalsekretär Ban Ki Moon nannte die Entscheidung des Sicherheitsrats eine große Chance für das Bürgerkriegsland. Bundesaußenminister Frank-Walter Steinmeier (SPD) warnte hingegen vor zu viel Euphorie.....faz.net

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