Where is 'best opportunity' to bring peace to Syria?
- By He Wenping
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As the UN Special Envoy to Syria, Staffan de Mistura, who is mediating Geneva talks, said this round of talks would be "substantial negotiations" that cover substantive issues including the recombination of an interim Syrian government, revising its constitution and realizing elections.
Yet, there's a series of "material obstacles." Although Kerry believes Moscow supports the reopening of Syria talks, "material obstacles" could delay peace.
The barriers include: Bashar's removal from power, whether he would participate in the interim government; the defining of "terrorist groups", how to distinguish rebels from terrorist forces among the thousand anti-government armaments and what forces would be allowed to join in the interim government; and the procedural question between recombining government and realizing elections.
It is not the first time Kerry made efforts to end the Syrian civil war. As early as November 2013 and before the UN called on an international peace conference, he appealed to the international community and factions in Syria to end bloodshed.
Whether "the best opportunity" can be seized is not decided by Russia's withdrawal of forces or the reopening of Geneva talks, but rather rests in the will of all parties in Syria and an essential political compromise aimed at realizing the country's territorial integrity and people's well-being.
He Wenping, senior researcher at The Charhar Institute, researcher at the Institute of West-Asian and African Studies with the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences
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