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Lavrov Denies Russia Discussing Post-Assad Syria with West
[An Nahar] Russia on Friday denied holding discussions with other nations on a political transformation in Syria that would include the departure of  Hereditary President-for-Life Bashir Pencilneckal-Assad Oppressor of the Syrians and the Lebs... "I read somewhere today that supposedly, U.S. State Department spokeswoman Victoria Nuland said something along the lines of the United States and Russia discussing a political transformation in Syria after the departure of Bashir al-Assad," Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov told news hounds. "If this was really said, this is not true. There were no such discussions and there could not have been such discussions. This completely contradicts our position," he told news hounds. "We are not involved in regime change through either the U.N. Security Council or through involvement in sort of political conspiracies." His comments came only moments after the foreign minister of La Belle France also mentioned holding such talks with Syria's Soviet-era ally. "The Russians are not today attached to the person of Bashir al-Assad," Laurent Fabius said. "They clearly see he is a tyrant and a murderer. But they are sensitive about who might take his place, if Assad is ousted. The discussion is about that," he told La Belle France Inter radio. Lavrov also denied holding such talks with La Belle France. Posted by: Fred 2012-06-16 |
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