Moscow, SANA -Ilyas Umakhanov, Vice-Chairman of the Russian Federation Council, said unified efforts for fighting terrorism, including that of ISIS and Jabhat al-Nusra, are needed in\u00a0order for the political process in Syria to run orderly and effectively.<\/p>\n
He was speaking during a meeting on Tuesday a delegation of the follow-up committee of the\u00a0Syrian National Dialogue visiting Moscow.<\/p>\n
He blamed the crisis in Syria on the illegal policies of some foreign countries, mainly\u00a0those supporting terrorism, stressing the need to preserve the state institutions in Syria,\u00a0first and foremost the Syrian Arab army.<\/p>\n
Umakhanov affirmed that Russia is committed to continue military-technical cooperation with\u00a0Syria and implement the commitments related to boosting Syria’s defense capabilities, in\u00a0addition to continuing humanitarian cooperation.<\/p>\n
Moscow, he said, is interested in bringing together all the spectra of the political forces\u00a0that seek finding a common language to achieve peace and stability in Syria and in having\u00a0the voices of all the constructive opposition forces heard clearly.<\/p>\n
Umakhanov considered the mutual visits between Russia and Syria, including the delegation’s\u00a0visit, as quite important in terms of helping in clearing up “vague points” and bringing the\u00a0reality taking place on the Syrian ground into brighter light.<\/p>\n
He reiterated what he said earlier at a meeting with the delegation’s head Ali Haidar that\u00a0the opposition, particularly the internal opposition, must be widely represented in all\u00a0meetings related to settling the crisis in Syria.<\/p>\n
“This is not a favor by a concession that the West should make because without broad\u00a0representation of the political forces, reaching a political solution would be so\u00a0difficult,” said Umakhanov.<\/p>\n
He indicated the difficulty to have agreement or a specific unified structure of the state\u00a0while some international players continue attempts to tear Syria apart.<\/p>\n
Therefore, he added, there needs to be concerted efforts and a broad coalition formed for\u00a0fighting terrorism where Syria should be at its center through its army and the support of\u00a0all influential forces that truly believe in preserving Syria’s sovereignty and unity.<\/p>\n
Ali Haider, who is Minister of State for National Reconciliation Affairs and Leader of the\u00a0Syrian Social Nationalist Party, expressed thanks to Russia for its keenness on a political\u00a0solution to the crisis and support for the Syrian people and preserving the Syrian state.<\/p>\n
He noted that the Follow-up Committee of the Syrian National Dialogue includes the majority\u00a0of the Syrian parties of various spectra, and it is therefore “the first true expression of\u00a0a serious desire to work for solving the crisis.”<\/p>\n
“We, on this visit, are at a mature objective regional and international point to take a\u00a0step towards safety and the political process that is supposed to be a prelude for a\u00a0solution,” said Haidar.<\/p>\n
This point, he added, is the result of shifts over the latest period, where the Russian\u00a0policy has proved the most firm, accurate and objective in dealing with the Syrian file, and\u00a0“dangerous shifts” inside Syria regarding the growing scale of terrorism and loosening grip\u00a0of some countries over some of the terrorist agents that have started to work upon their own\u00a0interests.<\/p>\n
Haidar explained that the political forces are not influential on the ground and cannot\u00a0influence the battlefield against terrorism, “that is why the political process today is not\u00a0to change the structure of the Syrian state as it used to be said, but to mobilize all the\u00a0forces to move towards the first mission, an international mission now which Syria is
\nundertaking, that is of fighting terrorism.”<\/p>\n
He noted that the conditions are still not ripe for Geneva 3 and that “the need is urgent\u00a0for Moscow 3 before any other place.”<\/p>\n
Haifa Said<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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