US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton arrived in Istanbul Wednesday to strategize with 15 regional and European powers on how to halt the violence in Syria and remove President Bashar al-Assad from power.
“It’s clear that President [Bashar] al-Assad cannot and has failed to bring peace, stability or positive change for the Syrian people,” she said at a news conference in Baku before flying here.
Among the issues she intended to discuss in Istanbul were “essential elements of democratization” in Syria, as well as additional measures to increase pressure on the Syrian regime and alleviate the suffering of its people, she said.
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