US, Turkey, EU and Arab envoys meeting in Jordan call for ‘inclusive and non-sectarian’ government after Islamist group ousted Bashar al-Assad’s regime
Turkey's foreign minister, Hakan Fidan, speaks with Antony Blinken, the US secretary of state during talks on Syria’s future in Aqaba, Jordan.Turkey's foreign minister, Hakan Fidan, speaks with Antony Blinken, the US secretary of state during talks on Syria’s future in Aqaba, Jordan.
They called for a Syrian-led transition to “produce an inclusive, non-sectarian and representative government formed through a transparent process”, with respect for human rights.The head of the US-backed Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces, in the country’s north-east, on Saturday appealed for Kurds “to adopt a favourable position toward the Syrian dialogue”.
Assad’s flight from Syria last weekend left Syrians in joyous disbelief at the sudden end to an era in which suspected dissidents were jailed or killed. It capped more than a decade of war that killed more than 500,000 people and displaced millions.
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