Syria's Assad says 'open' to dialogue with US
 

Madrid, March 27 (IANS/EFE) Syrian President Bashar al-Assad has said he was "open" to negotiations with Washington, provided that talks are "based on mutual respect". "In Syria we could say that every dialogue is a positive thing, and we are going to be open to any dialogue with anyone, including the United States, regarding anything based on mutual respect," said al-Assad in excerpts of an interview released on Friday by the US television network, CBS. The Syrian president explained that currently there was ** direct communication between his government and the US, before insisting that "any dialogue is positive... without pressuring the sovereignty of Syria". His remarks came days after US Secretary of State John Kerry ack**wledged that his government would end up negotiating with the regime in Damascus to reach a political solution to the crisis that has been raging on in Syria since 2011.

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