The United States welcomed the sixth round of Syrian talks in Geneva
US State Department spokesman Ned Price welcomed Washington’s start to the talks, saying it was essential that Syria and opposition leaders play a constructive role in Geneva.
According to IRNA, the sixth round of meetings of the Syrian Constitutional Committee began on Monday with the participation of representatives of the Syrian government and the UN-sponsored opposition in Geneva, Switzerland.
At the meeting, which runs through Friday, each side will make proposals on the principles of the Syrian constitution that have been discussed between the delegations, and then discuss them in a small group meeting, with Gir Paderson, the organization’s special envoy. The United Nations oversees these meetings on Syrian affairs.
The UN envoy for Syria announced yesterday (Sunday) that the Syrian government and the opposition have agreed on a draft new constitution.
UN special envoy to Syria Pederson meets at a news conference in Geneva after meeting with Ahmad al-Kasbari, a member of the National Assembly (government), and Hadi al-Bahra, a member of the opposition delegation, as chairmen of the Syrian Constitutional Committee. “We agreed with the two sides (the government and the opposition) that in this round,” he said [ از نشستها] Not only are we preparing for the constitutional amendment, but we will also start the process of preparing the amendments to the new Syrian constitution.
Rejecting Erdogan’s claim to buy an F-16 fighter
The State Department spokesman also denied allegations by Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan that Washington had offered to sell F-16 fighter jets to Ankara.
“We will refer you to the Turkish government to talk about its military procurement plans,” Ned Price told the reporter.
“What I can say is that we have not made any financial offer for Turkey to request the F-16,” a State Department spokesman said.
Asked if the money paid by Turkey could be used to buy F-35 fighter jets to sell F-16s to the country, Ned Price added: “The Ministry of Defense is involved in a dispute settlement mechanism with Turkey over the F-35 and I do not intend to conclude.” To predict.
The Turkish president has announced that he will pay $ 1.4 billion in securities to buy F-16 fighter jets from the United States, and has said he has asked Washington to do so to meet its defense needs.
According to IRNA, TV channel T. R. “Turkey has paid $ 1.4 billion to the United States for the purchase of F-16 bombers, and we have asked the United States to do this to meet our defense needs,” T was quoted as saying today (Sunday), quoting Recep Tayyip Erdogan. “
Reuters also reported that Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan had said that he had offered to sell F-16 fighter-bombers to the country in exchange for investing in a plan to buy F-35 fighter jets, which Ankara requested after purchasing a missile defense system. From Russia, rejected by Washington, has given.
Following the failure to purchase F-35 fighter jets, Turkey has submitted a request to the United States to purchase 40 Lockheed Martin F-16s and refurbishment equipment for its Air Force fleet.
US not attending Moscow summit on Afghanistan
The State Department spokesman also announced that the US delegation would not attend the extended troika meeting on Afghanistan in Russia this week.
“We will not take part in the Moscow talks,” Ned Price said. Troika Plus was an effective and constructive association. We look forward to attending this group meeting in the future, but we are not in a position to attend this week.
Moscow plans to hold an expanded troika meeting on Afghanistan this week (Russia, US, China and Pakistan) with representatives of the Taliban interim government and delegations from the Islamic Republic of Iran and India.
Extended troika summit (Russia, US, China and Pakistan) on Afghanistan to be held in Moscow on October 19 (October 27). Attend a meeting.
Zamir Kabulov, the Russian president’s special envoy for Afghanistan, said yesterday that the Taliban (still considered a terrorist in Russia and banned in the country) had accepted an invitation to a Moscow meeting on Afghanistan and that Moscow hoped for a dialogue. Be explicitly done with this group.
“A delegation has been invited from Kabul and they have made a fundamental decision to attend the October 19 Moscow summit,” Kabulov said. We are just waiting for the composition of the staff.
According to him, the Russian side intends to “publicly announce its claims to the Afghan delegation, but not in the form of a request, but in the form of a meeting on how to start a constructive solution to the problems.”
The last Moscow meeting to resolve the Afghanistan issue was held on March 19, 2017, chaired by Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov.
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