Iran Regime Can't Be Trusted
- Sunday, 29 January 2017 19:44
NCRI - In an interview with Aljazeera TV, London-based author and political analyst Dr. Mohammad Ghawas talks about the outcomes of Astana peace talks as well as the Iranian regime’s destructive violation of the ceasefire.
Part of the interview is as follows:
The Syrian opposition reiterated its commitment to the ceasefire in Astana peace talks, calling on Russia and Turkey to take tough measures against violators of the ceasefire.
The Syrian opposition believes that the Iranian regime can’t at any stage of the negotiations be regarded as a ceasefire monitoring side, or a neutral element, for that matter. This regime can’t be trusted. One of the factors causing distrust of the Iranian regime is its role in the evacuation of Aleppo during which they made their best to lead the process to a failure.
Despite minor shortcomings, Astana peace talks was promising overall, since the participating countries referred to the UN Security Council resolutions 2254 and 2363 as well as to the Geneva Statement. In this regard, Russia wanted to send a clear message to Donald Trump’s government by holding Astana peace talks.
What’s new this time, however, is that the world has accepted the fact that the fighter groups in Syria are an opposition side that needs to be participated in international negotiations. That’s why the delegation representing Assad’s regime was forced to use the word ‘opposition’.
Another important issue is that the parties accepted that Astana peace talks were actually technical talks aimed at stabilizing the ceasefire, with the main talks to be held in Geneva.
I believe that the opposition’s attitude this time was a technical, smart and high-level one.
The opposition delegation kept in mind all the time that they were legal members of a high negotiating committee, with the fighter groups being part of that.
