The United States and the European Union have consistently demanded Assad stand down in any peace deal.
But last week Washington signaled it would no longer focus on Assad's ouster as it concentrates on the wider fight against terror groups such as ISIS.
Asked what this meant for EU policy, bloc foreign affairs chief Federica Mogherini said she believed it "would be impossible" to return to the status quo in Syria.
After nearly seven years of war, "it seems completely unrealistic to believe that the future of Syria will be exactly the same as it used to be in the past," Mogherini said as she arrived for an EU foreign ministers meeting in Luxembourg.
"But this is for the Syrians to decide, that is clear ... any solution that can be acceptable by all Syrians, we will support it."
Diplomatic sources said the foreign ministers are expected to endorse a statement which notes: "The EU recalls that there can be no lasting peace in Syria under the current regime."
[dailystar.com.lb/AFP]
3/4/17
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