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John Kerry: US Must Negotiate With Syria’s Assad
Kate Scanlon / @scanlon_kate / March 15, 2015
The United States must negotiate with Syrian President Bashar al-Assad in order to try to bring an end to the nation’s four-year civil war, Secretary of State John Kerry said on CBS News’ “Face the Nation” in an interview that aired today.
Kerry said that talks with the Assad regime would be part of a “diplomatic” solution to the crisis in Syria.
“We are working very hard with other interested parties to see if we can reignite the diplomatic outcome,” Kerry said. “Why? Because everybody agrees there is no military solution; there’s only a political solution. But to get the Assad regime to negotiate, we’re going to have to make it clear to him that there is a determination by everybody to seek that political outcome and change his calculation about negotiating. That’s underway right now.”
Kerry said that with the help of our allies, there “will be increased pressure on Assad.”
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