Iran 'Hostile' to US Involvement in Syria Talks
إقرأ هذا الخبر بالعربيةIran's Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said late Tuesday that his government opposed the United States joining Syrian peace talks to be held in Kazakhstan next week, local media reported.
"We are hostile to their presence and we have not invited them," Zarif said, according to the Tasnim news agency.
That goes against the position of the other two organisers of the talks -- Russia and Turkey -- which have said the new US administration of Donald Trump should be represented in Astana on Monday.
The negotiations mark the first time since the conflict began in 2011 that the US has not been at the centre of peace negotiations.
"At this stage, we must keep the tripartite set-up. Any enlargement could increase the risk of failure. Our policy is to not add other countries at this stage," Iran's foreign ministry spokesman Bahram Ghasemi told AFP on Wednesday.
The talks come in the wake of President Bashar al-Assad's symbolic victory last month in retaking Aleppo, Syria's second city and a key rebel stronghold through much of the war.
Talks were ongoing between Iran, Russia and Turkey on who would attend, Ghasemi said, and other countries could be included in later stages after successful "first steps".
"The meeting will not be at the ministerial level. It will probably be at the deputy minister level," he said.
Ghasemi denied any major differences with Moscow over the involvement of Washington.
Iran and Russia have been the key diplomatic and military backers of Syria in the war.
"We have been working alongside each other for a long time, and have some strong convergences. There could at a certain stage, be some differences on certain subjects, but given the type of relations we have, we are sure to put ourselves in agreement through discussion," Ghasemi said.
Obama, Trump whomever is American President is a Zionist scum. It makes no difference if he is black or white.
Russia have a big problem with Saudi Wahabism, they fought 2 wars in Chechnya against Wahabi inspired rebels including the Wahabi leader Khattab from Saudi Arabia many Russians died in the process of those wars.
They also want to keep Assad in power, so they do have plenty of interests in common with the Axis of Resistance.
When it comes to Israel there are no agreements.
And you are crying rivers here. Naharnet will be have to close down soon because of your floods of tears.
Yes Assad won, you lost. Turkey is backing out too.
Emental: what do you mean by "of you"? I'm curious how your israeli mind associates obama to lebanon.
My favorite Iranian tool, Movaten. I could care less about Israel. You and your inbred assumptions are so entertaining!
Obama is Shia, it's a fact he's on your Iranian payroll. Besides bowing down and giving you fakes over 400 billion. Quit pretending you're Lebanese Movaten, it's a joke like you and your fake accounts you create.
"Obama is Shia" lol are you for real? not even worthy of an answer. stay deluded dude, see who cares?
Exactly, however we can say Movaten and his fake accounts might whine a little, but that's about it.
yea, only in the end they're winning, whether in syria, yemen or lebanon and you're the ones doing the whining in saudi and israel lol
Poor Movaten, Saudis and Israeli's are whiners too, sunshine, I'm just impressed you're using your real account instead of your fake ones you Takia fake.
kasarjian bang on, in 2006 nasrallahi gave the zionists the green light to destroy lebanon, he admitted to it
These weasels will get annihilated by the new US Govt- who are they to comment about Syria? Damn bastards meddle all over the world and think they can get away with it.
Speaking about the hatred between Iran and Israel an expert in geopoltics told me litterally:"Iran is an ally to Israel. Just wait and see".
Wow!!!!
congrats on officially moving away from M14. Just curious your not completely M8 comment did not mention Assad one bit. Any reason or was it just a a slip?