British Foreign Secretary William Hague
British Foreign Secretary William Hague has admitted that foreign-backed insurgency in Syria is reaching a dead end amid a widening infighting between Takfiris and other factions fighting the country’s popular government.
The foreign secretary, whose country desperately made each and every attempt to pave the way for toppling of President Bashar al-Assad’s government, has tried to bring Takfiris, al-Qaeda-linked members of terrorist al-Nusra Front and the Western-based opposition groups to the same table in yet another desperate attempt to establish peace among them after failing to break the resistance of the Syrian nation.
William Hague moaned that the conflict in Syria has reached an impasse in which neither side can win.
He made the claim to the BBC Radio prior to the inauguration of a meeting of the so-called ‘Friends of Syria group’ with the representatives of the Syrian opposition in London.
The meeting was said to be aimed at persuading the foreign-backed Syrian opposition to take part in the Geneva II peace talks scheduled to be held in Geneva next month.
"The longer the conflict this goes on, the more sectarian it becomes, the more extremists are able to take hold. That is why we are making this renewed effort to get a Geneva peace process going", said William Hague.
The so-called Friends of Syria group consists of the US, France, Britain, Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Germany, Italy, Jordan, Qatar, Turkey and the United Arab Emirates, whose foreign ministers attended the London meeting.
The British Foreign Secretary also lectured Iran about the role the Islamic Republic could play in Syria by setting conditions for Iran if it wants to be part of so-called international discussions about the issue.
"…..Iran should be starting from the same position as the rest of us - from last year's Geneva agreement which is that there should be a transitional government in Syria made up of regime and opposition, by mutual consent."
"And that is the way forward to political dialogue, to free elections in Syria. If Iran could start from that position as well as the rest of us then Iran would be more easily included in international discussions on this subject….”, said William Hague.
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