Not involve the USA in Astana Talks Caused a Sensation in The World, Especially in Russia and Iran, France, German states






There were signs of disagreement between Russia and Iran over the participation of the United States in the Astana negotiations between the Syrian regime and the armed opposition. 

While Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said that it is necessary for Washington to participate in the Astana talks between his Iranian counterpart Javad Zarif, and said that his country opposes the US presence in these talks.
Lavrov said that his country expects the administration of President-elect Donald Trump to participate in the Astana talks to discuss the Syrian crisis on the 23rd of this month, noting that if they participate, "this will be the first official contact with the Trump administration," explaining that negotiations between representatives of the Syrian regime and his opponents aim To establish a truce in Syria and try to reach a political settlement to the conflict. An invitation to Trump team to participate in the talks, but he has not formally responded to the invitation. Trump's team announced last Saturday that he had received an invitation to participate in peace talks on Syria, but he missed after, for his part, US Secretary of State John Kerry urged the new American administration to participate in the peace talks to be held in Astana, and Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif stressed today Tuesday, that his country opposes a "peaceful solution" in Syria, and Rouhani calculates the Syrian opposition to accept participation in a "successful step" (Al-Jazeera), which Tehran opposes in Tehran. The US presence in the Astana talks said, "No, we invite them and oppose their participation in the talks." For his part, Iranian President Hassan Rouhani felt that the Syrian opposition was participating in the Astana meeting to accept "the first successful step." "What is important is that the (opposition) groups are active in Syria, accepting the invitation of the three countries (Russia, Iran, and Phase). Moftah" to negotiate in Astana, "he said. If these negotiations succeed, it could open the door to negotiations under the auspices of the United Nations. On the eighth of next February in Geneva. In Kazakhstan, the leadership of delegations of the Syrian regime will take over and the opposition will have the same people who participated in the previous Geneva talks, where the Syrian ambassador to the United Nations, Bashar Jaafari, will lead the regime team, according to the newspaper, the internal system of the nation, while Muhammad Alloush will lead the head of the political bureau of the army and the opposition delegation Islamic.

The opposition delegation consists of eight members with nine advisers from the Higher Authority for Opposition to the negotiations, according to what the adviser of Osama Abu Zaid told the opposition factions.

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