Ending the crisis in Syria should not hinge on deciding the fate of President Bashar al-Assad, UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said Wednesday, according to AFP.
Ahead of a new round of international talks on Syria in New York on Friday, Ban said disagreements on Assad's future should not stand in the way of advancing prospects for peace.
"It is unacceptable that the whole Syrian crisis and the solution to the crisis has to be dependent on the fate of one man," Ban told a news conference.
"That is unacceptable," he repeated.