Syria Opposition Seeks Russia Role in Barring Assad Aides
- HNC has compiled list of security officials for blacklisting
- Russia can work with regime's `clean hands,' opposition says
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Syria’s main opposition bloc is calling on Russia to use its influence to bar top security officials from office in a transitional government, offering President Bashar al-Assad’s ally the chance to maintain its prominent role in the country.
“Russia can play a major part in finding a solution to the fate of Bashar al-Assad and those close to him who are responsible for the genocide in Syria,” Farah al-Atassi, spokeswoman for the High Negotiations Committee, said in an interview Monday in Geneva. “It is in Russia’s interests to build bridges with revolutionary forces. Russia can be part of the solution, it has influence on Assad.”