Setiausaha Negara Amerika Syarikat John Kerry (dariTengah),
Menteri Dalam Negeri Luar Rusia Serguei Lavrov (dariKanan) dan PBB - Liga Arab
utusan untuk Syria Lakhdar Brahimi (dariKiri) bercakap pada sidang akhbar
selepas pertemuan mereka di kediaman duta Amerika Syarikat di Paris pada 13
Januari, 2014. (AFP Photo/Pablo Martinez
Monsivais – think IN pictures @1WORLD Community)
JohnnyAdam – Seperti mana
Amerika Syarikat, Rusia dan PBB sedang berjuang untuk membawa pihak-pihak dalam
konflik bersenjata Syria bersama-sama untuk rundingan damai, beberapa gerak
isyarat amanah- bangunan, termasuk pertukaran tawanan dan gencatan senjata
mungkin setempat sedang dirundingkan.
Kemungkinan
bergerak itu, serta menyediakan bantuan kemanusiaan kepada beberapa bahagian
Syria, telah dibincangkan di Paris oleh Setiausaha Negara Amerika Syarikat John
Kerry, rakan sejawatannya dari Rusia Sergey Lavrov beliau dan wakil khas PBB ke
Syria Lakhdar Brahimi.
Memulakan
langkah-langkah ke arah deescalating konflik Syria akan menghantar mesej
positif dan membuka jalan ke arah persidangan itu berhasil, yang akan diadakan
akhir bulan ini di Switzerland, kedua-dua Kerry dan Lavrov berkata pada sidang
media.
Pertukaran
banduan boleh menjadi matlamat yang lebih mudah untuk dicapai. Pihak
pembangkang bersenjata bersiap senarai askar tentera Syria dan pegawai-pegawai
dalam kurungan mereka, kata Kerry. Satu persediaan serupa sedang dijalankan di
Damsyik.
Mencapai jumlah gencatan
senjata mungkin akan menjadi tidak realistik di bawah hal keadaan, tetapi
kedua-dua Amerika Syarikat dan Rusia mencadangkan gencatan senjata setempat,
yang akan bertindak sebagai satu ujian kesediaan kedua-dua pihak untuk
membendung keganasan.
Aleppo ceasefire, prisoner exchange mulled ahead
of Syrian peace conference . . .
As the
US, Russia and the UN are struggling to bring parties in the Syrian armed
conflict together for peace talks, some trust-building gestures, including
prisoner exchange and a possible localized ceasefire are being negotiated.
The
possibility of such moves, as well as providing humanitarian assistance to some
parts of Syria, were discussed in Paris by US Secretary of State John Kerry,
his Russian counterpart Sergey Lavrov and UN’s special envoy to Syria Lakhdar
Brahimi.
Initiating
measures toward deescalating the Syrian conflict would send a positive message
and pave the way towards a fruitful peace conference, which is to be held later
this month in Switzerland, both Kerry and Lavrov said at a media conference.
Prisoner
exchange may be a simpler goal to achieve. Armed opposition forces are
preparing lists of Syrian army soldiers and officials in their captivity, Kerry
said. A similar preparation is underway in Damascus.
Achieving
a total ceasefire would probably be unrealistic under the circumstances, but
both US and Russia are suggesting a localized ceasefire, which would serve as a
test for the readiness of both sides to curb violence.
Bangunan rosak dalam kejiranan Salah al-Din di
bandar Syria utara Aleppo. (Damaged buildings in the Salah al-Din neighbourhood
of the northern Syrian city of Aleppo. (AFP Photo/Mohammed Al-Khatieb – think
IN pictures @1WORLD Community)
“Kita
bercakap hari ini mengenai kemungkinan cuba untuk menggalakkan gencatan
senjata. Mungkin gencatan senjata setempat di Aleppo,” kata Kerry.
Syria
bandar terbesar Aleppo telah menjadi tempat pertempuran intensif dalam beberapa
minggu lalu.
Satu
langkah penting ketiga akan menyediakan bantuan kemanusiaan ke kawasan-kawasan
Syria paling terjejas oleh keganasan, terutamanya pinggir bandar Damasucs
daripada Ghouta. Menteri Luar Lavrov sedang berunding seperti bergerak dengan
Damsyik, kata Kerry.
Bantuan
kemanusiaan bagaimanapun sukar untuk menyediakan, Lavrov tertekan. Militan
Syria menyasarkan warga asing, termasuk pekerja bantuan, dan telah mengorbankan
sekurang-kurangnya 32 ahli pelbagai pertubuhan-pertubuhan bantuan cuba untuk
mem-bantu Syria, katanya.
IRAN
dijemput ke Switzerland
Satu
lagi isu penting yang dibincangkan oleh 3 perunding memperkatakan penyertaan
Iran dalam persidangan itu. Menurut Brahimi, jemputan ke bandar Switzerland
Montreux, di mana perhimpunan itu adalah untuk mengambil tempat, telah dihantar
ke Tehran.
“Penyertaan
Iran atau tidak penyertaan bukan perkara ideologi, ia adalah suatu perkara yang
masuk akal,” kata duta itu.
Kerry
berkata bahawa Amerika Syarikat menyokong penyertaan Iran dalam persidangan
itu, tetapi menegaskan bahawa Tehran menyokong pelan damai yang telah dicapai
hasil damai Syria sebelum ini di Geneva.
Kehadiran
Iran pada persidangan itu telah menjadi perkara perdebatan hangat. Sekutu utama
kerajaan Syria, Iran, tidak dialu-alukan dalam Montreux oleh beberapa penyokong
pembangkang bersenjata, termasuk Arab Saudi.
Kerry
sebelum ini berkata Iran boleh menyumbang “di luar” daripada persidangan itu,
satu tanggapan yang enggan dikemukakan di Tehran, dengan berkata ia akan
menjejaskan maruah.
Penyertaan
Arab Saudi dalam persidangan itu adalah tidak kurang daripada itu berkaitan
Iran, kata Lavrov .
“Kami
berharap bahawa pada akhirnya Setiausaha Agung PBB akan menjemput semua orang,
yang mempunyai kesan ke atas pembangunan sebenar keadaan,” katanya.
Mesyuarat
di Paris nampaknya kurang tegang daripada beberapa mesyuarat sebelum ini antara
Lavrov dan Kerry, dengan kedua-dua mengesahkan bahawa Rusia dan Amerika
Syarikat adalah dalam perjanjian penuh pada kebanyakan isu. Selain daripada pertukaran
diplomatik yang serius, kedua-dua diplomat mempunyai beberapa menyeronokkan
dengan pertukaran hadiah kecil.
"We
talked today about the possibility of trying to encourage a ceasefire. Maybe a
localized ceasefire in Aleppo," Kerry said.
Syria’s
largest city Aleppo has been a scene of intensive fighting in the past few
weeks.
A third
important step would be providing humanitarian access to Syrian regions most
affected by the violence, particularly the Damasucs suburbs of Ghouta. Foreign
Minister Lavrov is negotiating such a move with Damascus, Kerry said.
Humanitarian
access however would be difficult to provide, Lavrov stressed. Syrian militants
are targeting foreigners, including aid workers, and have killed at least 32
members of various relief organizations trying to help Syrians, he said.
IRAN Invited
to Switzerland
Another
important issue discussed by the three negotiators deals with Iran’s
participation in the conference. According to Brahimi, an invitation to the
Swiss town of Montreux, where the gathering is to take place, has been sent to
Tehran.
“Iran
participation or not participation is not a matter of ideology, it is a matter
of common sense,” the envoy said.
Kerry
said that the US supports Iran’s participation in the conference, but insists
that Tehran endorses the peace roadmap agreed to during the previous Syria
peace conference in Geneva.
Iranian
presence at the conference has been a matter of heated debate. A key ally of
the Syrian government, Iran, was not welcomed in Montreux by some supporters of
the armed opposition, including Saudi Arabia.
Kerry
previously said Iran could contribute “on the sidelines” of the conference, a
notion which was refused in Tehran, saying it undermined its dignity.
Saudi
Arabia’s participation in the conference is no less relevant than that of Iran,
Lavrov said.
“We hope
that in the end the UN Secretary General will invite everyone, who has an
impact on the real development of the situation,” he said.
The
meeting in Paris was apparently less tense than some previous meetings between
Lavrov and Kerry, with the two confirming that Russia and the US are in full
agreement on most issues. Apart from serious diplomatic exchanges, the two
diplomats had some fun with an exchange of small presents.
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PHOTO: Kerry presented Lavrov with potato from Idaho before beginning of talks
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Kerry membentangkan
Lavrov dengan 2 kentang - merujuk kepada perbualan telefon sebelum ini mereka
sudah ada. Delegasi Rusia balas dengan topi ushanka, sebuah relik ikonik era
Soviet, lengkap dengan bintang merah, tetapi merah jambu kartun berwarna.
Kerry
presented Lavrov with two potatoes – a reference to an earlier telephone
conversation they had had. The Russian delegation responded with a ushanka hat,
an iconic relic of the Soviet era, complete with a red star, but colored
cartoonish pink.
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