KOBANI, Syria (North Press) – Powers that are involved in the Syrian issue are seeking their own interests rather than being serious pushing towards a political solution, while Russian negotiating role still serves the Syrian government’s interests, Kurdish politicians of Kobani, north Syria, said.
Any agreement between the Syrian government and Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria (AANES) will contribute to solve economic crisis and stop regional threats, according to Syrian politicians in Syria’s north and east.
Bringing the two parties close together means a Syrian solution, the Kurdish politician of Kobani, Mousa Kenno, said.
“Recognizing the AANES by the Syrian government is important since the government is still recognized by international forums and has a representative in the UN,” Kenno added.
“Unifying institutions of the AANES and those of the government on one hand and the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) and the Syrian army on the other will help Syria to pass the crisis,” he told North Press.
This is because Syria is witnessing deteriorating economy, and any agreement may help it to overcome crisis in addition to its need to the trained and organized SDF.
Meanwhile, the two parties, in the event they succeed to reach an agreement, will stop the Turkish threats and restore Syrian lands that Turkey has seized, according to the politician.
Biased roles
The countries involved in the Syrian issue are seeking their interests without being concerned about a solution, “and that they are not charities to fulfill people’s demands.”
Meanwhile, if Russia is serious in seeking a solution that secures rights of all communities of north and east Syria, it can mediate between the AANES and the government.
In conjunction with the Turkish threats, recently, Russia has not agreed to grant Turkey a green light as it had done in Afrin in 2018 and Sere Kaniye (Ras al-Ain) and Tel Abyad in 2019, according to reports.
Russia’s rejection was expressed through carrying out exercises in the northwestern countryside of Hasakah, east of the Euphrates River, with the Syrian government forces and the SDF, each separately.
However, Russia has not played an effective role, so far, but “it has only released statements to provoke Turkey in turn for fulfilling its interests through the Kurds,” the politician noted.
“Russia has been biased towards the Syrian government, so far, and has not played its role fairly, but it must get rid of this complex, as the Syrians want a decentralized, secular and parliamentary pluralism state in which the right of citizenship is preserved.”
Officials of AANES declined a Russian proposal to enter 3,000 members of the government forces into the city of Kobani, he President of the Executive Committee of the Syrian Democratic Council (SDC), Ilham Ahmad, said yesterday.
During the seminar, Ilham Ahmad explained the reason for the refusal, saying “It is to prevent a repetition of the Daraa scenario in the city of Kobani.”
Accepting a political solution or dialogue with Syrian government does not mean at all handing over any area to the government forces, Ahmad added.
Solutions at hands of Russia
Russia has had an influence in Syria since the Soviet Union’s days until now, the Kurdish politician of Kobani, Gelo Issa, said.
Russia takes charge of the meetings of Astana and holds responsible for the Turkish intervention in Syrian territory, Issa told North Press.
Russia has the key to political solution in Syria, “But unfortunately, it tries to exploit the Syrian issue in favor of the government against all its opponents,” Issa added.
The AANES will not handover its areas of control to the Syrian government through Russia as what happened in the areas held by the Turkish-backed factions, according to the politician.
The country that considers itself a guarantor and mediator for negotiations has to consider the interests of both parties [Syrian government and AANES] and pressure both of them in order to succeed in reaching an agreement, Issa noted.
Russian stances regarding the Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria (AANES) are not nihilistic as those of Syria, Turkey, and Iran, a Syrian writer and political analyst, Restom Mahmoud, said yesterday.
Earlier, the former US Special Envoy for Syria, James Jeffrey, confirmed that US President Joe Biden did not give Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan a green light to launch a new attack on north and east Syria.
Russia’s rejection was expressed through carrying out exercises in the northwestern countryside of Hasakah, east of the Euphrates River, with the Syrian government forces and the SDF, each separately.