President Bashar al Assad’s proposal to form a unity government including independent and opposition figures will not solve Syria’s conflict stressed the British foreign minister.
Speaking at a press conference in Beirut, Philip Hammond said,
“Bashar al-Assad talks about a unity government by which he means bringing one or two handpicked, regime-friendly oppositionists into minor posts in the government. There has to be the creation of a government that represents all the people, all the communities, all the faiths in Syria and it has to be a government that is not - or at least in the future will not - be led by Bashar al-Assad."
Mr Hammond was responding to comments made by Assad, where he said a national unity government should be agreed at peace talks in Geneva, which would then draw up a new constitution, leading to elections, reports Reuters.
Speaking at a press conference in Beirut, Philip Hammond said,
“Bashar al-Assad talks about a unity government by which he means bringing one or two handpicked, regime-friendly oppositionists into minor posts in the government. There has to be the creation of a government that represents all the people, all the communities, all the faiths in Syria and it has to be a government that is not - or at least in the future will not - be led by Bashar al-Assad."
Mr Hammond was responding to comments made by Assad, where he said a national unity government should be agreed at peace talks in Geneva, which would then draw up a new constitution, leading to elections, reports Reuters.