Astana peace talk shows resolve exists for political resolution in Syria

Qodsna; Hossein Rouyvaran:

A meeting on the Syrian crisis will be held in Astana, the capital of Kazakhstan on Monday on an initiative by Iran, Russia and Turkey. The meeting is highly hoped to make a breakthrough in the Syrian issue despite a raft of similar meetings held in the past by the West.

There are factors that cause one to pin hope in the meeting.

For one thing, Syrian rebels have agreed to join the talks following the longest held ceasefire in Syria’s 6-year war. If the ceasefire persists, hopes will grow more for a political resolution of the crisis.

Also of note is the substantial number of rebel groups presented in the peace talk that could prove as a major index of viability of a political solution.

The groups have also showed a solid resolve for the political resolution of the crises after they renounced such terror groups as al-Nusra Front and the ISIS.

Certain rebel groups however have demanded the ceasefire to be extended to rebel groups as well however the stance may only be interpreted as an attempt to torpedo the peace initiative.

The ongoing ceasefire presents a major opportunity for having the Takfiri terror groups withdrawn from Syria in an effort to remove a major obstacle in the path of peace. Scattered clashes between the rebel groups and the foreign terrorists in Idlib in the past few days was a sign to indicate that the rebel groups have made their mind to have a successful talk in Kazakhstan.

One must also not forget the role of Iran in preventing a dominant presence by the parties that have already sought to oust the Syrian government, namely the US and Saudi. As an outcome of Iran’s pressure, the US said it would only be presented in the talk by its ambassador to Kazakhstan while Saudi sought to prevent the formation of talks in reprisal for its non-presence but to no avail.