Throughout
the day there was a lot of controversy about Iran´s participation in the Geneva
II talks on Syria, scheduled for Wednesday. The key Western powers looked at
Secretary-general Ban´s decision to invite Tehran as a serious blunder. And he
got quite a number of calls to change his mind, which he did. The invitation
was withdrawn under the pretext that Tehran had not endorsed the transitional
framework that came out of Geneva I.
Beyond
this tangle, the point the SG was trying to make is very simple and clear. Iran
has to be part of the solution. The Syrian crisis has many hands in it. One of
them is at the end of the long arm that connects Assad with the Iranian
leaders. If the other hands are in the kitchen, including Qatar and Saudi
Arabia, there is no reason to bar Iran. A negotiation is not just to be held between
friends. It should bring together adversaries and enemies.
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