A top Russian diplomat called on President Bashar al-Assad to abandon any idea of a comprehensive military victory in Syria as major powers prepared to meet in Geneva to discuss implementing a limited truce.
Russia’s ambassador to the United Nations, Vitaly Churkin, said that if Syria follows the Kremlin’s leadership in resolving the five-year war, there’s a chance for a “decent” outcome, according to a transcript of an interview with the Kommersant newspaper posted on the mission’s website.
