Najib Ghadbian

Assad 'part of the solution' in Syria, says UN envoy

Published by Hurriyet on Sat, 02/14/2015 - 11:01

Any resolution to the fighting in Syria must involve President Bashar al-Assad, the United Nations envoy to Syria has said in the first such acknowledgement by the UN.

"President Assad is part of the solution," Staffan de Mistura told a joint press conference with Austrian Foreign Minister Sebastian Kurz in Vienna on Feb. 13.