Russian PM: Assad needs assurances to proceed with talks
Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev commented on the Geneva talks and opposition demands that Syrian President Bashar Assad leave office as a condition for speaking. According to Medvedev, Assad "must receive some kind of guarantees or, in any case, some kind of proposals on the development of political dialogue in Syria itself, on possible elections, on his personal fate."
Medvedev said Assad might be worried by the fates suffered by Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak and Libya's Muammar Gaddafi. He added, "You can't just say 'get out (of office) and then we'll agree everything.'" (Reuters)
