Syria's Assad says wants actions, not words from Kerry

posted on: Mar 16, 2015

Syrian President Bashar al-Assad dismissed on Monday remarks made by U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry that Assad should be included in negotiations to reach a political transition, saying “declarations from outside do not concern us”.

In a Sunday CBS interview, Kerry did not repeat the standard U.S. line that Assad had lost all legitimacy over the shattering civil war in Syria and so had to go. “We have to negotiate in the end,” Kerry said when asked whether the United States would be willing to negotiate with the Syrian leader.

Source: www.reuters.com