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How will further escalation influence the situation in Iran and Turkey?
Today there is a serious clash in the public opinion of Turkey.
A lot of people do not support the governmental policy on the Syrian crisis and think that the government of Davutoglu and Erdogan has made a big mistake by taking such a tough position toward Assad.
These people are from the Republican Party, the opposition, the Alawi minority, some Kurds, and others.
That is why we can see a political clash in Turkey, and it is not beneficial for settlement of the problems.
The conflict in Syria influences destabilizingly on all neighboring countries.
What about Iran?
This conflict doesnt influence Iran directly, but it is heating the atmosphere over Iran because Tehran supports the Syrian regime.
Those who want to overthrow Assads regime see a powerful force in Iran and try to worsen the situation in Iran by escalation of sanctions, political and economic pressure on the country.
For two years, the country has been destroyed. But if we continue this conflict, it will mean that the war, first, would split Syria, second, would spill over the border, and no country would have any immunity.
First of all, it is connected with the border states, that is, Lebanon, Jordan, Turkey, Iraq.
The Kurdish problem is particularly important here. There are more than 30 million Kurds.
They live in four countries. What will happen, if they almost do not allow the opposition to enter in their areas even now? They just resist.
And then it will affect the Turkish Kurds, etc.
If the Syrian events have the same negative development, they will lead to the dreaded regional disaster.
It would be impossible to put out the fire. We are currently creating a pain in the neck.
And we always encourage all the actors, especially the Western powers, to realize at least a little to think about what kind of future we are facing.
This is a terrible future. So now we need a political settlement. There is generally no other way but to politically address the issue.
What about Iran's influence on Syrian developments?
I often hear from Arab leaders that Iran is not part of the solution but of the problem. This is not so.
Without Iran there is no solution to these issues. We say that the Geneva-2 must be attended by a regional quartet, that is, Turkey and Iran, and Saudi Arabia, and Egypt.
Otherwise, we cannot solve these problems, and it will be even more important to continue to Afghanistan, etc.
Therefore, it is now the most important question, and if we do not resolve it now...
They again begin to put some conditions, to try to keep Iran outside of the negotiations. This is counterproductive.