Foreign Secretary William Hague welcomed the Syrian president’s call Saturday for emergency law to be lifted, saying reforms were “necessary and urgent”.
“I welcome President (Bashar) Assad’s acknowledgement in his speech today that reform in Syria is necessary and urgent to address the legitimate aspirations of the Syrian people,” Hague said in a statement.
“We call on the Syrian government to lift the state of emergency next week as proposed by President Assad and to ensure that those responsible for the deaths of civilians are held to account.”AFP
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