G8 agree on need for transitional government in Syria

  18 June 2013    Read: 506
G8 agree on need for transitional government in Syria
Russia and its G8 partners have forged a joint declaration on the civil war in Syria, dpa reported.
A transitional government with executive powers should be agreed as quickly as possible, sources at the G8 summit in Northern Ireland say.
The declaration makes no reference to the future role of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad.

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