Syrian foreign minister says up to Syrians to decide leadership


  • World
  • Tuesday, 29 Oct 2013

BEIRUT (Reuters) - Syria's Foreign Minister Walid al-Moualem said on Tuesday government officials would attend planned peace talks in Geneva but that it was up to Syrians to decide the country's political future and leadership, state television reported.

It said Moualem made the remarks during a meeting with international envoy Lakhdar Brahimi in Damascus, in which he said Syrians also rejected "any form of foreign intervention".

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