PM David Cameron claimed Moscow was ready to talk about a transition of
power in Syria, which was later denied by Putin 

Britain’s prime minister said on Tuesday Russian President Vladimir
Putin has made it clear at the G20 summit in Mexico that he wants Syrian
President Bashar al-Assad out of power, but Putin followed up basically
denying the claims.

There has been an extended effort on the part of the US and European
powers to pressure Moscow to drop its support of the Assad regime. Syria
acts as a economic and military client to the Russians and provides Moscow
with valuable geopolitical influence in the Middle East.

British Prime Minister David Cameron said Putin had essentially abandoned
the longstanding support for Assad after talks with President Barack Obama
and other world leaders at the Group of 20 summit in Los Cabos, Mexico, and
that discussions were now focused on a transition of power in Syria.

“There remain differences over sequencing and the shape of how the
transition takes place but it is welcome that President Putin has been
explicit that he does not want Assad remaining in charge in Syria,”
Cameron told reporters.

“What we need next is an agreement on a transitional leadership which
can move Syria to a democratic future that protects the rights of all its
communities,” Cameron added.

But Putin denied these claims, saying at his own news conference that,
“I feel like I have to repeat our position. We believe that nobody has
the right to decide for other nations who should be brought to power, who
should be removed from power.”

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Labrov as well said Cameron’s statement
that Putin does not want Assad to remain in power “does not correspond to
reality.”

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