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Foreign Secretary William Hague: “It remains a deeply depressing and frustrating crisis [in Syria]. It is deteriorating and on current trends it will continue to deteriorate, leading to an even greater humanitarian crisis … We continue our efforts to make diplomatic progress, including with Russia – I will meet the Russian foreign minister again this weekend, but there is no sign of any breakthrough. In the absence of that we will be one of the leading countries delivering humanitarian aid, supporting the opposition in non lethal ways and helping with other countries to prepare for the eventual day after Assad when the Syrians will need our help all the more.”

Source: the Independent