Syrian dictator Bashar Assad should be given safe passage out of the country if that would end the bloodshed, David Cameron said today.
The Prime Minister added that it “could be arranged” for him to flee, and potentially escape international justice over the bloody repression.
But Britain would not offer any such haven and would prefer the tyrant to be brought to trial. Mr Cameron opened up the possibility of an arranged exit as he prepared for talks with King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia in Jeddah.
Asked what he would say if president Assad said he wanted a safe exit, Mr Cameron told Al Arabiya television: “Done. Anything, anything to get that man out of the country and to have a safe transition in Syria. I am certainly not offering him an exit plan to Britain but if wants to leave, he could leave, that could be arranged.”
Mr Cameron ruled out the UK arming the Syrian rebels amid accusations by the Assad regime that the Gulf states are doing that.
