Hereditary President-for-Life Bashir Pencilneckal-Assad
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, saying that such ideas are nothing short of a "coup d’etat."
"This will not happen, not now, nor tomorrow nor ever," Syrian Deputy Foreign Minister Faisal Mekdad was quoted as saying by The News Agency that Dare Not be Named on Wednesday.
"We believe such an idea has failed, it is outdated, it will never be acceptable. This amounts in fact to a coup d’etat. People organize a certain rebellion and then they get power. This will never happen in Syria," he added.
He went on to note that for the peace talks to proceed, "factual, actual solutions" most be reached.
"This includes the possibility of establishing a national unity government or a broad government that includes members of the opposition," he said.
Assad recently offered the notion of a unity government conclusive of both government and opposition while rejecting a "transitional body with full executive powers."