GENEVA (AP) — Russia's foreign minister says the U.N.-brokered peace plan for Syria agreed on by major powers does not require the ouster of President Bashar Assad.
Sergey Lavrov says there is "no attempt in the document to impose on the Syrian people any type of transitional process."
Moscow had refused to back a provision that would call for Assad to step aside, insisting that outsiders cannot order a political solution for Syria.

