(Reuters) Syrian opposition chief Ahmed Jarba said on Thursday he had been assured by Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov that Moscow was not holding on to President Bashar al-Assad, but that Syrians should negotiate his exit through a political process. "We met Lavrov in Paris last week and he confirmed to me that Russia is not holding on to Assad," Jarba said in Geneva.
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