Interview: Assad says he won’t step down
To resign would be to flee: Assad
File photo of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad. PHOTO: AFP/FILE
BUENOS AIRES:
Syrian President Bashar al-Assad said Saturday he welcomed a US-Russian peace initiative to end Syria’s civil war but had no plans to resign, in an interview with an Argentine newspaper.
“To resign would be to flee,” he told Clarin when asked if he would consider stepping aside as called for by US Secretary of State John Kerry.
Published in The Express Tribune, May 19th, 2013.
Syrian President Bashar al-Assad said Saturday he welcomed a US-Russian peace initiative to end Syria’s civil war but had no plans to resign, in an interview with an Argentine newspaper.
“To resign would be to flee,” he told Clarin when asked if he would consider stepping aside as called for by US Secretary of State John Kerry.
Published in The Express Tribune, May 19th, 2013.