A safe exit and possible immunity from prosecution for President Bashar al-Assad “could be arranged” if it would end Syria’s increasingly bloody conflict, British Prime Minister David Cameron said on Tuesday before a visit to Saudi Arabia.
Some 32,000 people have been killed in Syria during a revolt against Assad that began with peaceful protests in March 2011 but became an armed rebellion after a deadly military crackdown.
“Done. Anything, anything, to get that man out of the country and to have a safe transition in Syria,” Cameron told the Al Arabiya news network in Abu Dhabi when asked about offering Assad safe passage.
“Of course I would favour him facing the full force of international law and justice for what he’s done. I am certainly not offering him an exit plan to Britain, but if he wants to leave he could leave, that could be arranged,” he said.
Assad’s safe exit possible, if he resigns at once, British PM says
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