Part of the debate – in the House of Lords at 2:52 pm on 12 January 2016.
Baroness Anelay of St Johns
Minister of State
2:52,
12 January 2016
My Lords, the noble Lord is right to point clearly to the value of all our ambassadors and those who work with them around the world. At this point, it is important that we see Assad’s regime take seriously the peace negotiations that are just within grasp. If we are able to see that he comes constructively to those negotiations to achieve the transition, I feel that we would look very positively at how we might engage further. We need to see how Assad reacts to the peace process first.