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State Dept Deputy Director and Regional Arabic Spokesperson Jared Caplan told Rudaw Tuesday that “The only way to achieve a lasting peace in Syria is to go for a negotiated political solution, and that has to happen here in Geneva,”
Caplan, director and regional Arabic language deputy spokesperson at the State Department, said that the aim of the Geneva talks is to determine Syria’s future and bring lasting peace for a population that has suffered bloodshed for nearly five years.
He said that Washington is supporting the Syrian people represented by the High National Commission (HNC) for negotiations and the UN effort to broker a peace deal in Geneva.
Asked about comments by Bashar Jaafari, the Syrian regime’s top representative at the Geneva talks, who said that Syria’s Kurds – or any other group -- should forget about autonomy, Caplan said Jaafari was representing a rump regime.
"I would say that Bashar Jaafari represents a regime that has lost all legitimacy, President (Barack) Obama has said it many times, and he is only representing his government alone, not the people of Syria."
On the outcome of the Geneva talks, Caplan said: “What is going to be made here in the Geneva talks are decisions that will have a future for Syria.
“Most importantly, we are going to have an interim government that has full executive authority in agreement with the Geneva Communique and according to the UN Security Council Resolution 2254, and that is what is most important, because that is the transition from Assad era into the future of Syria.”
Caplan, director and regional Arabic language deputy spokesperson at the State Department, said that the aim of the Geneva talks is to determine Syria’s future and bring lasting peace for a population that has suffered bloodshed for nearly five years.
He said that Washington is supporting the Syrian people represented by the High National Commission (HNC) for negotiations and the UN effort to broker a peace deal in Geneva.
Asked about comments by Bashar Jaafari, the Syrian regime’s top representative at the Geneva talks, who said that Syria’s Kurds – or any other group -- should forget about autonomy, Caplan said Jaafari was representing a rump regime.
"I would say that Bashar Jaafari represents a regime that has lost all legitimacy, President (Barack) Obama has said it many times, and he is only representing his government alone, not the people of Syria."
On the outcome of the Geneva talks, Caplan said: “What is going to be made here in the Geneva talks are decisions that will have a future for Syria.
“Most importantly, we are going to have an interim government that has full executive authority in agreement with the Geneva Communique and according to the UN Security Council Resolution 2254, and that is what is most important, because that is the transition from Assad era into the future of Syria.”
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