Asad lived, Asad lived ...
"Assad must go." As is known, under this slogan, in recent years, what has been called in the West as the civil war in Syria, and, in fact, the struggle of sponsors of international terrorist groups against the legitimate authorities of the Arab Republic, continues. The slogan lives so long that, like Bashar Asad himself, he managed to survive the many leaders of the countries of the world for which he (the slogan) became something like an obsession. The next politician, whom Assad will survive politically, is preparing to become US President Barack Obama, who will be asked from the White House on January 20 ...
A few weeks before the onset of 2017, the derivative of the phrase “Assad should go away” was uttered by “Turkish president” Erdogan, who “got off with the tomatoes”. However, the very next day after Erdogan’s statement that Turkish troops were introduced into Syria to realize the ultimate goal of ending the single-minded Assad regime, that some media were translated as “eliminating Assad” - Erdogan’s entourage rushed to explain that the main Turks of modernity (as he thinks about himself) had in mind. They explained it long and floridly - they say, there are forces that want to push us with their heads together with one, then with others, we, they say, exclusively for peace in the whole world and for the uncompromising fight against terrorism. After flowery explanations, the Turks sat down at the negotiating table, at which representatives of Russia and Iran were already seated, and the conversation became, if I may say so, more substantive.
Its objectivity consisted in the fact that agreements were reached on a cease-fire regime, as well as on the beginning of a political dialogue between the parties to the conflict in Syria. Moreover, one of the parties is official Damascus, which a priori led to the recognition by Ankara of the official authorities of the SAR, and first of all, of course, Bashar al-Assad. The other side is the hodgepodge of the so-called “Syrian moderate opposition”. And, as it soon became clear, in this “hodgepodge” there are no forces that were primarily sympathized with in the United States. And they were absent by the end of 2016, for the simple reason that by that time Washington, led by an exceptional president, really didn’t know who exactly could sympathize with and who shouldn’t. This ignorance of today leaves the United States behind the fence of the negotiation process, but Washington tries to find a crack so that at least one eye ...
Regarding the need to begin the negotiation process between Damascus and the "moderate opposition" through the mediation of the Russian Federation, Turkey and Iran agreed. The meeting place was designated Astana, the date is January 23. The phrase "Assad must leave", at least temporarily, decided not to use ... Moreover, we agreed to continue the operation against the factions, the UN Security Council recognized as terrorist: ISIS and replaced the sign "Front en Nusra" (banned in Russia by court order).
It now remains to find out what specific issues official Damascus is ready to discuss with those who beat themselves in the chest with a fist, calling the moderate opposition? In other words, what does this opposition really need, if the mantra "Assad must leave" by mutual agreement of the above countries is not used?
The answer to the question of the subject matter is given by the President of the Syrian Arab Republic, Bashar Assad. Recently, he has become, from, to put it mildly, an undesirable person for the collective West into a politician, whose opinion was nevertheless decided to listen to by certain representatives of this very West. The well-known representatives of the French parliament in Russia as part of the mission headed by Thierry Mariani arrived to Assad. This group of deputies of the French National Assembly (with some changes in the “personnel”) also visited the Russian Crimea at the time. Bashar Assad noted that a visit by Western delegations to Syria and, in particular, to Aleppo freed from terrorists, can help break through the disinformation blockade by which the West and a number of Gulf countries are trying to surround the Syrian Arab Republic.
During the meeting, the conversation, of course, began to talk about the upcoming political changes, for which the current Syrian president is ready. The changes are first of all those about which the “moderate opposition” has been repeating recently. We are talking about constitutional reformatting, associated primarily with the need to introduce a multiparty system into the SAR. In the foreign press, in connection with this, articles appeared repeatedly in which it was asserted that Assad allegedly held his hands on a one-party control system, with which Baath remained the ruling party in any case. It is worth noting that it is this party with a number of political allies that has been at the helm of Syria for more than half a century - since the beginning of the 60s.
Asad, his statement may have shocked the representatives of the French delegation, who were certain (based on reports from Western media) that the one-party system is a “sacred cow” for the current Syrian authorities. According to the President of the Arab Republic, the Syrian delegation is ready to fly to Astana and discuss the most important issues of political change. Bashar Assad said that it was important to discuss the creation of a new constitution and added:
After the statements of Bashar Assad, the head of the French delegation, Thierry Mariani, stated that the Western view of the situation in Syria and the initiatives of the current Syrian authorities "is very distorted." At the same time, the Chairperson of the Syrian People’s Council, Hadia Abbas, who met with French parliamentarians, noted that “Syria expects to see France as part of a coalition of countries fighting terrorism, but not supporting it.”
So, if the opposition, which is still slowing down the negotiation process, really follows the path of political settlement, then important changes for this country can be expected for Syria. And the first of them is the emergence of a new constitution with the consolidation of a multiparty system. And under the conditions that are observed today in Syria, the country can also expect federalization, which can be an important compromise in the destruction of the main strongholds of terrorist groups and talking heart to heart with their main sponsors and curators. Will there be a “heart-to-heart talk” if Assad is the main task of individual third-party players? - that is the question ... Although some already really forget, but what exactly is this Asad hindering ...
A few weeks before the onset of 2017, the derivative of the phrase “Assad should go away” was uttered by “Turkish president” Erdogan, who “got off with the tomatoes”. However, the very next day after Erdogan’s statement that Turkish troops were introduced into Syria to realize the ultimate goal of ending the single-minded Assad regime, that some media were translated as “eliminating Assad” - Erdogan’s entourage rushed to explain that the main Turks of modernity (as he thinks about himself) had in mind. They explained it long and floridly - they say, there are forces that want to push us with their heads together with one, then with others, we, they say, exclusively for peace in the whole world and for the uncompromising fight against terrorism. After flowery explanations, the Turks sat down at the negotiating table, at which representatives of Russia and Iran were already seated, and the conversation became, if I may say so, more substantive.
Its objectivity consisted in the fact that agreements were reached on a cease-fire regime, as well as on the beginning of a political dialogue between the parties to the conflict in Syria. Moreover, one of the parties is official Damascus, which a priori led to the recognition by Ankara of the official authorities of the SAR, and first of all, of course, Bashar al-Assad. The other side is the hodgepodge of the so-called “Syrian moderate opposition”. And, as it soon became clear, in this “hodgepodge” there are no forces that were primarily sympathized with in the United States. And they were absent by the end of 2016, for the simple reason that by that time Washington, led by an exceptional president, really didn’t know who exactly could sympathize with and who shouldn’t. This ignorance of today leaves the United States behind the fence of the negotiation process, but Washington tries to find a crack so that at least one eye ...
Regarding the need to begin the negotiation process between Damascus and the "moderate opposition" through the mediation of the Russian Federation, Turkey and Iran agreed. The meeting place was designated Astana, the date is January 23. The phrase "Assad must leave", at least temporarily, decided not to use ... Moreover, we agreed to continue the operation against the factions, the UN Security Council recognized as terrorist: ISIS and replaced the sign "Front en Nusra" (banned in Russia by court order).
It now remains to find out what specific issues official Damascus is ready to discuss with those who beat themselves in the chest with a fist, calling the moderate opposition? In other words, what does this opposition really need, if the mantra "Assad must leave" by mutual agreement of the above countries is not used?
The answer to the question of the subject matter is given by the President of the Syrian Arab Republic, Bashar Assad. Recently, he has become, from, to put it mildly, an undesirable person for the collective West into a politician, whose opinion was nevertheless decided to listen to by certain representatives of this very West. The well-known representatives of the French parliament in Russia as part of the mission headed by Thierry Mariani arrived to Assad. This group of deputies of the French National Assembly (with some changes in the “personnel”) also visited the Russian Crimea at the time. Bashar Assad noted that a visit by Western delegations to Syria and, in particular, to Aleppo freed from terrorists, can help break through the disinformation blockade by which the West and a number of Gulf countries are trying to surround the Syrian Arab Republic.
During the meeting, the conversation, of course, began to talk about the upcoming political changes, for which the current Syrian president is ready. The changes are first of all those about which the “moderate opposition” has been repeating recently. We are talking about constitutional reformatting, associated primarily with the need to introduce a multiparty system into the SAR. In the foreign press, in connection with this, articles appeared repeatedly in which it was asserted that Assad allegedly held his hands on a one-party control system, with which Baath remained the ruling party in any case. It is worth noting that it is this party with a number of political allies that has been at the helm of Syria for more than half a century - since the beginning of the 60s.
Asad, his statement may have shocked the representatives of the French delegation, who were certain (based on reports from Western media) that the one-party system is a “sacred cow” for the current Syrian authorities. According to the President of the Arab Republic, the Syrian delegation is ready to fly to Astana and discuss the most important issues of political change. Bashar Assad said that it was important to discuss the creation of a new constitution and added:
My position concerns the constitution. If they (the opposition) are ready to discuss this issue, then it must be remembered that the main document of the country does not belong to either the government or the opposition. The new constitution must be supported publicly. Changes could be considered in a referendum.
After the statements of Bashar Assad, the head of the French delegation, Thierry Mariani, stated that the Western view of the situation in Syria and the initiatives of the current Syrian authorities "is very distorted." At the same time, the Chairperson of the Syrian People’s Council, Hadia Abbas, who met with French parliamentarians, noted that “Syria expects to see France as part of a coalition of countries fighting terrorism, but not supporting it.”
So, if the opposition, which is still slowing down the negotiation process, really follows the path of political settlement, then important changes for this country can be expected for Syria. And the first of them is the emergence of a new constitution with the consolidation of a multiparty system. And under the conditions that are observed today in Syria, the country can also expect federalization, which can be an important compromise in the destruction of the main strongholds of terrorist groups and talking heart to heart with their main sponsors and curators. Will there be a “heart-to-heart talk” if Assad is the main task of individual third-party players? - that is the question ... Although some already really forget, but what exactly is this Asad hindering ...
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