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Thursday 19 Nov 2015 - 10:33 Makkah mean time-7-2-1437
Spain's FM Jose Manuel Garcia-Margallo (AFP image)
Madrid (IINA) – Spain's foreign minister has branded Syrian President Bashar al-Assad a “lesser evil” compared to the Islamic State (IS) and called for cooperation with his government against IS.
"The lesser evil is to come to an agreement with Bashar al-Assad to begin a ceasefire allowing aid to reach the displaced... kickstart a political transition and above all attack our common enemy – Daesh (Islamic State group)," Jose Manuel Garcia-Margallo told TVE television.
"We have to replace the 'Bashar yes or Bashar no' discourse by one of peace or war. If you want peace, you are going to have get along with Assad at least on a temporary basis."
He compared Assad to former Soviet dictator Josef Stalin, saying that the Americans had opted to ally with an enemy in Stalin to defeat the greater threat of the Nazis in World War Two.
His comments come in the wake of the Friday's terrorist attacks in Paris, in which at least 129 people were killed. The terrorist group claimed responsibility for the attacks.
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