“We wanted to bring democracy to Iran, but we couldn’t, and they suppressed all of us”, he says, referring to the “Green Movement” protests that erupted after an apparently rigged presidential election in 2009 and were violently crushed.
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The Russian leader has repeatedly pointed out that the Syrian destiny can not be decided by third countries, Peskov recalled.
Syrian President Bashar al-Assad made a rare public appearance on Thursday, when he was seen at a mosque in the Syrian capital of Damascus, attending prayers for the Muslim holiday of Eid al-Adha, state media has reported.
“We will have to talk with many actors”, Merkel said after a European Union summit in Brussels, according to a Bloomberg Business report.
Iran, which has said it is willing to sit down with rivals to discuss the crisis in Syria, is a staunch ally of Assad that backs the activities in Syria of Lebanese militant group Hizbollah, which has given Assad vital support. Saudi Arabia has been under a lot of pressure to do more and to some extent it has. He emphasized once again that there would not be a military solution to the conflict in Syria. “We are supporting the government of Syria in the fight against a terrorist aggression, are offering and will continue to offer it necessary military-technical assistance”, he declared at a recent meeting in Tajikistan with rulers of other former Soviet states. So long as Assad remains, Iran’s influence and prestige grows. “France’s position is that only a political transition can resolve this crisis and the departure of Assad is an part of that solution”.
“Russia’s involvement [in negotiations with Iran over their nuclear program] has been said to be very positive by all of those negotiating that agreement”, Bishop said.
He called for ringing the alarm bells in the Arab and Islamic world so that they wake up and unify their ranks against what is plotted for the region.
French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius said Thursday’s Paris meeting aimed to lay the groundwork for more in-depth talks at the United Nations General Assembly, which begins Monday in New York.
Laurent Fabius said in an interview with the newspaper Le Figaro published Tuesday that “pillars of the army and the regime” must be part of a transitional Syrian government to prevent the collapse of the country. But with four million refugees having fled Syria’s daily atrocities and more waiting in the wings, we must ask how to improve the conditions forcing their flight.
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All players involved in the conflict must sit at the table. The London-based Financial Times suggested that President Obama admit the failure of his Syria policy which it said had caused the death of 250,000 people in the nation and Assad is still in power.
