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YEREVAN, FEBRUARY 1, ARMENPRESS. There are no major expectations over negotiations on Syrian issue in Geneva. There are such regional developments that a positive change is unlikely to happen in Syria, AmbassadorExtraordinary and Plenipotentiary ArmenNavasardyan expressed such an opinion in “Armenpress” media hall.
“The sides should sit together, negotiate and find the way which will stop the bloodshed. As we know both “Geneva 1” and “Geneva 2” gave no results. The problem is who should sit at the negotiating table. It is expected that the sides, representing the opposition and Bashar al-Assad, should sit at the negotiating table. Here is where the story begins, so which is the opposition?” Arman Navasardyan said.
He noticed that Russia and even USA came to an agreement on the issue that "Islamic State" and other such groups cannot participate in the negotiation process. Now the problem is that everyone is fighting against everyone during the developments in the Middle East. There are now about 2 500 military units in the Middle East which is backed by major political players.
“We can say without exaggeration that those, who applied for participation in the “Geneva-3” talks, are neither terrorists nor the opposition forces. These forces do not have an organization and leadership. These are unions which Saudi Arabia collected and sent to Geneva in order to subvert the talks. It's like a Trojan horse history. Everything is done in order to wreck the talks. Saudi Arabia, Turkey and Qatar are working over that direction and they will succeed. Besides, they did not allow Kurds to participate in the negotiation process, but this issue cannot be resolved without Kurds, Arman Navasardyan added.
Answering the question on Armenia’s position over all these developments, Arman Navasardyan mentioned that military actions held 280km away from our borders. “As a part of the Middle East, Armenia should show interest and have its some form of participation in the mentioned process,” Arman Navasardyan concluded.