GENEVA (Reuters) – Disagreements over the fate of President Bashar al-Assad should not hold up a humanitarian ceasefire or a wider deal to end the war in Syria, U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said on Saturday.
“I believe that the future of Syria, or the future of all these peace talks, the Syrian-led negotiation, should not be held up by an issue of the future of one man,†Ban told a news conference in Geneva.
“Basically I believe that it is up to the Syrian people who have to decide the future of President Assad.â€
(Reporting by Tom Miles; Editing by Toby Chopra)
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