Igor Bunin: Syria and the plan to replace the Americans with Arabic forces

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In Saudi Arabia, they called on Qatar to bring their troops into Syria if Qatar did not want to lose American military support. At the same time, the actions of Russia in Syria were condemned in the G7, and in the USA, according to the media, the issue of how to get around Russia's veto in the UN Security Council about Syria began to be discussed.

The fact that Qatar should be sent to Syria in order not to lose American military support, said the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Saudi Arabia Adil al-Jubeir. The minister emphasized that without support from the United States, the Qatar regime will not be held in power and will be overthrown in less than a week.

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“Qatar must pay for the presence of American troops in Syria and must send his troops to Syria before the American president refuses the American protection of the Qatar, represented by the US military base on its territory,” RIA Novosti information agency quoted his words.

As the online publication “ Gazeta.ru ” recalls, earlier the US President Donald Trump, the Allies in the Middle East with a proposal to send troops to replace the American military contingent. Trump himself has already expressed intention to withdraw American troops from Syria.

The Federation Council categorically opposed the sending of Qatari military to Syria. As Russian Senator Igor Morozov told RIA Novosti , these actions would become a gross violation of the UN Charter and international law. “Russia will categorically oppose this, I am convinced. On the basis of what this sending will be carried out? ”, He commented on such an opportunity.

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Meanwhile, the United States discusses the issue of a way to circumvent Russia's veto in the UN Security Council when deciding on a reaction to a chemical attack in Syria. According to The Guardian newspaper, for this you can use the resolution of the General Assembly of 1950, which provides that in the event of the consent of the nine members of the Security Council, out of 15, the decision can be transferred to the UN General Assembly.

At the same time, the US Congress adopted a bill prohibiting helping in Syria’s restoration, Izvestia newspaper writes. As the head of the Foreign Committee, Edward Royce, specified, the United States will consider the possibility of providing financial assistance to Syria only when “not Assad and not its supporters,” TASS news agency reports.

As for Russia's actions in Syria that they were convicted. In a statement by the Foreign Ministry and Security Ministers of the G7, Russian actions are called "unacceptable." In the same way, they described her actions “in Ukraine and in other neighboring states,” says the online publication of Gazeta.ru .

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Igor Bunin, President of the Center for Political Technology, agreed to talk with Polit.ru about what is happening in Syria and a possible direction in the development of the situation. In his opinion, Trump really wants to withdraw American troops from Syria, but I would not want to leave a void there, and the realization of the idea of ​​replacing these troops with Arabic forces is quite problematic.

“There is a plan to replace the American contingent in Syria with Arabic forces. But among the Arab countries there are a variety of points of view on this problem. From the point of view of the Saudi accident, this must be done, and the Arabs must actively participate in the events in Syria, struggling, first of all, against Iran.

Qatar does not really want to do this, because he has a relationship with Iran. In general, Qatar is in conflict relations with Saudi Arabia. But Saudi Arabia threatens that in case of refusal to introduce troops, Qatar will lose the support of the United States of America, and this Qatar threatens with various problems.

In addition, Egypt, which, too, in principle, should be part of the coalition, has a long tradition of relations with Syria; Once these states were even one single state for three years. Therefore, in the question of the introduction of Egyptian troops into Syria, difficulties also arise. So creating a single Arab front and replacing them with American troops in Syria is quite difficult, this is a whole problem.

It will be possible to do it or not, another question. But it is clear that this will require very strong pressure both from Saudi Arabia and the United States. Let's see what will happen. But the United States of America really want to withdraw troops from Syria.

Emmanuel Macron and Donald Trump US Embassy France

French President Emmanuel Macron discourages US President Donald Trump from this decision, assuring that American troops should not be withdrawn. But since Trump is basically isolateust, he would like to withdraw troops. True, Trump is afraid to leave emptiness in Syria, and therefore is looking for a replacement for his troops.

As for the condemnation of Russia's actions in Syria, the “Big Seven” and the fact that as a result of Russia can threaten ... Well, if we enter into negotiations and begin to negotiate a new coalition government of Syria and that Syria President Bashar Assad gradually leaves power, then what happened to us does not threaten us. But if we begin to cling to Assad, this can lead to the introduction of new anti -Russian sanctions, ”said Igor Bunin.

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