Tuesday, June 24, 2014

Al Arabiya/ INEGMA: "Riyadh now appears to see Assad's presidency 'cemented' and critical for Syria’s stability!""

IMPORTANT piece by Theodore Karasik, in a column for the Saudi al-Arabiyya, is Director of Research at the Institute for Near East and Gulf Military Analysis (INEGMA) in the UAE. GOOD contacts with all GCC rulers:
"... The Kingdom and the Kremlin agreed to return to the Geneva 1 process which is to find a political transition in Syria. This is a significant development that signals that Syrian President Bashar Assad’s election on June 3 for another term is cemented as Russia wants and which Riyadh now appears to see as critical for Syria’s stability. Iran will be happy with this outcome because their efforts supporting Assad with military and financial aid are paying off. Iran is close to the Kremlin, and Russia will be able to negotiate between Riyadh and Tehran in a way to please both parties in the Syrian outcome. ..."

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