The US’s reluctance to arm the Syrian rebels or get involved in the conflict directly is partly due to America’s wish not to upset Iran at a critical time in nuclear negotiations, Javier Solana, the former EU foreign policy chief, has said.
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The US’s reluctance to arm the Syrian rebels or get involved in the conflict directly is partly due to America’s wish not to upset Iran at a critical time in nuclear negotiations, Javier Solana, the former EU foreign policy chief, said yesterday:
I think that the United States has not taken a more active role in Syria from the beginning because they didn't want to disturb the possibility, to give them space, to negotiate with Iran. They probably knew that getting very engaged against Assad, engaged even militarily, could contribute to a break in the potential negotiations with Tehran.
Solana was one of the negotiators with Iran until 2009.
James F Jeffrey, a former US ambassador to Iraq, agreed, telling the Associated Press:
Resolving the nuclear impasse with Iran is the biggest challenge this year in the Middle East, and that requires careful handling of not only Iran, but Russia and China. Decisions on Syria and other international questions certainly will be taken in this context......"
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