On Thursday, EU foreign policy chief Federica Mogherini said the involvement of Assad in Syria’s political transformation was crucial. She stressed that political processes and transitions should guarantee “not only the safety but also the inclusiveness for all components of societies in the process.”

… Speaking about the political process, Abdul Basit, a senior analyst at S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies (RSIS) in Singapore, told Sputnik that the political process on Syria “has to involve all the Syrian parties that include opposition forces, Assad, and regional players, as well as Russia, China and America.”

The expert underlined that “Syria cannot be left alone now, there has to be an outside intervention.”