https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-10-08/for-trump-syria-pullout-is-a-win-putin-may-see-it-that-way-too
For Trump, Syria Exit Is a Win. Putin May See It That Way Too
Alla är nöjda. NICE!
Graham är missnöjd. SAD!
FT:s journo:
https://twitter.com/HenryJFoy/status/1181457389817597952
For Trump, Syria Exit Is a Win. Putin May See It That Way Too
Citat:
President Donald Trump said his decision to shift U.S. troops out of the path of a threatened Turkish military incursion in Syria will be regretted most by Russia and China. They “love to see us bogged down” in expensive military quagmires, he tweeted on Monday.
To some Russian and U.S. analysts and officials, however, Moscow is likely to be a major beneficiary of the move.
A complete U.S. pullout would remove Russia’s only military equal from the contest to shape Syria’s future, according to Trump’s former envoy for combating the so-called Islamic State, Brett McGurk. He has argued since resigning his post in December that in place of the U.S., Moscow would then have to deal with Turkey, a weaker and more compliant regional player.
To some Russian and U.S. analysts and officials, however, Moscow is likely to be a major beneficiary of the move.
A complete U.S. pullout would remove Russia’s only military equal from the contest to shape Syria’s future, according to Trump’s former envoy for combating the so-called Islamic State, Brett McGurk. He has argued since resigning his post in December that in place of the U.S., Moscow would then have to deal with Turkey, a weaker and more compliant regional player.
Alla är nöjda. NICE!
Graham är missnöjd. SAD!
FT:s journo:
https://twitter.com/HenryJFoy/status/1181457389817597952
Citat:
Henry Foy
With impeccable timing, Russian foreign minister Sergei Lavrov just started a meeting with Kurdistan Prime Minister Masrour Barzani. Aside from Moscow's role as Syrian powerbroker, Kremlin-controlled oil giant Rosneft is drilling in Kurdistan and building export pipelines
Henry Foy
“[Russia] expressed its readiness to increase cooperation with Kurdish autonomy on a mutually beneficial basis... Mutual understanding was reached on the continuation of substantive contacts between relevant business entities to reach concrete agreements” http://mid.ru/ru/foreign_policy/news/-/asset_publisher/cKNonkJE02Bw/content/id/3836799
With impeccable timing, Russian foreign minister Sergei Lavrov just started a meeting with Kurdistan Prime Minister Masrour Barzani. Aside from Moscow's role as Syrian powerbroker, Kremlin-controlled oil giant Rosneft is drilling in Kurdistan and building export pipelines
Henry Foy
“[Russia] expressed its readiness to increase cooperation with Kurdish autonomy on a mutually beneficial basis... Mutual understanding was reached on the continuation of substantive contacts between relevant business entities to reach concrete agreements” http://mid.ru/ru/foreign_policy/news/-/asset_publisher/cKNonkJE02Bw/content/id/3836799