The United States reportedly wants Russia to influence the future leadership of Syria as Damascus regains full control of the Middle Eastern Arab state.
US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson relayed this message to the United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres, according to Foreign Policy magazine.
During a private meeting last week, Tillerson told Guterres that President Bashar al-Assad’s future now lies in the hands of Moscow, the report said Monday.
“What happens to Assad is Russia’s issue, not the US government’s,” Tillerson told the UN chief in the private meeting, according to sources close to the magazine.
Nearly three months ago, the secretary of state had insisted that Assad must go because of his alleged use of chemical weapons.
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