The United States has said that Iran, the main regional ally of President Bashar al-Assad, would be invited to Friday’s talks and the semi-official Iranian news agency ISNA said Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif and his deputies would attend.
About a dozen participants are expected including Russia and Saudi Arabia, which back Assad and his opponents, respectively.
Hisham Marwa, Vice-President of the Turkey-based Syrian National Coalition, criticized any participation in the talks by Tehran but stopped short of saying it would refuse participation itself if Iran was involved.
“Iran doesn’t believe in the Geneva Communiqué. Involving it (Iran) in talks undermines the political process,” he told Reuters, speaking of an internationally agreed document setting out guidelines for Syria’s path to peace and a political transition.
- Asked whether the Coalition would refuse to take part in talks, he said, “What’s important now is not to refuse talks, it is important to express our concern. Iran has only one project - to keep Assad in power... they don’t believe in the principle of the talks.”
ISNA news agency quoted foreign ministry spokeswoman Marzieh Afkham as saying that deputy foreign ministers Hossein Amir Abdollahian, Abbas Araqchi and Majid Takht Ravanchi would accompany Zarif to Vienna...
alarabiya.net by Reuters
28/10/15
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Neuf pays ainsi que l'Union européenne ont confirmé leur participation aux négociations de Vienne sur la Syrie...
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Selon lui, les Etats-Unis saluent la participation de la Russie au règlement du conflit syrien. Dans le même temps, Washington attend que la question d'un gouvernement de transition en Syrie et de son orientation politique soit discutée à Vienne.
Le Secrétaire d'Etat américain John Kerry a relaté que les approches de la Russie et des Etats-Unis sur la situation en Syrie avaient "beaucoup en commun"........http://sptnkne.ws/Y2Q