Powers in Syria talks after own political goals: Analyst
Press TV has interviewed James Dorsey, senior fellow with the S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies in Singapore, about major negotiators agreeing to a cessation of hostilities in Syria set to begin in a week and to provide rapid humanitarian access to besieged Syrian towns.
The following is a rough transcription of the interview.
Press TV: I would like to pick up on that last question that we asked in our report as far as this truce goals, can it be used as a template to bring about lasting peace in Syria?
Dorsey: Well I think one will have to wait and see but I would not bet on it. The fact of the matter is that all of the participating countries in the Munich conference are not looking for a cessation of hostilities or a ceasefire for the stake of a ceasefire. They are looking to achieve contradictory political goals and I do not see that we are yet at a point which all of the countries and more importantly the major players feel that their goals have been achieved.
Press TV: So you won’t say that the goal here is to defeat Daesh and basically provide some sort of stability and security for the people of Syria?
Dorsey: Well none of the participants in Munich would deny that they want to see Daesh defeated. The fact of the matter is that not all of them are equally committed to that in the sense that they see that as a priority.
Just to take the Russians for example, Russia intervened last September militarily in Syria to defeat the Islamic State (Daesh), much of what it has been defeating have been anti-Bashar al-Assad rebels. Saudi Arabia for its part also has said that it wants to defeat Daesh but its priorities lie at this moment in Yemen.
We have had five years of bloodshed. So far that has not persuaded anyone to stop the fighting.
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