Putin speaks out on Syria settlement plan

By IANS/RIA Novosti,

Moscow : Russian President Vladimir Putin Monday articulated his plan for a peaceful settlement to the civil conflict in Syria.


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“We believe that the course of action should be as follows — ending violence, conducting negotiations, searching for a solution, laying down a constitutional basis for the future society, and only then introducing structural changes, not vice versa,” Putin said.

“The other way around there would only be chaos,” the president said at a meeting with Italian Prime Minister Mario Monti.

If incumbent President Bashar al-Assad is removed from power unconstitutionally, the civil war in the country would be “endless”, Putin added.

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