Maxim A. Suchkov

Bogdanov to @Eljarh question on #Libya says #Moscow doesnt seeks to support one party against the other but works with all players to endorse intra-Libyan dialogue, "no hidden agemda" for #Russia, he concludes

Deputy FM Bogdanov on coming @netanyahu visit: we'll have a meaningful discussion on how to ensure and accelarate peace and security in #MiddleEast

Deputy FM Bogdanov answers @rmslim question on new basis for #US-#Russia cooperation in #Syria in light of @realDonaldTrump decision to pull out,says it's UNSC resolution 2254 and principles layed out in joint presidential statement #Putin & #Trump made in Vietnam in Nov, 2017

Nabil Shaath: @realDonaldTrump's "deal of the century" not worth expecting, we can already see from #US policies what it will look like. Most importantly,this "deal" not about peace for #Palestine-#Israel but about creating Arab-Israeli alliance against #Iran

Nabil Shaath of #Palestine: #Syria-center of #Mideast conflict politics now but Pal-#Israel problem remains; #US loses its monopoly internationally; campaign in SYR challenged US monopoly; => finding ISR-PAL solution also a way to challenge US monopoly, step for multipolarity

Abdul Karim Hashim Mostafa makes it clear #Iraq seeks to avoid becoming a standing ground for deterring #Iran, but equally dodges to become part of an "alliance" against #Jordan, #KSA, seeks good rels with all parties, including with #Syria

Abdul Karim Hashim Mostafa:Praises #US-led coalition efforts but says it does mean #Iraq didnt seek relations outside the coalition,hence coop w/ #Syria,#Russia important,adds terrorism served as pretext to intervene into IRQ affairs "both by our neighbors & international powers"

Abdul Karim Hashim Mostafa of #Iraq: Those who designed #ISIS took advantage of Mideast divisions, IRQ's own problems. Initially IRQ people were thankful to those who ousted Saddam Hussein, but they were against subsequent occupation of IRQ

Sadjadpour: 3. Confrontation/cooperation, praises #Russia-#Iran coop bilateral & trilateral-w/ #Turkey & #Azerbaijan (!!), latest international coop on #Yemen, mentions conferences in #Warsaw & #Sochi as example of dichotomy where one venue promoted coop, the other-confrontation

Sadjadpour: 2. Clarity / uncertainty. #US position switches every day, @realDonaldTrump creates lots of ambiguity in the region. US, @netanyahu, MBS are both gaining and losing from this uncertainty

President of #Iran's IPIS Sadjadpour: Three dichotomies on Mideast: 1.Complexity & Simplicity: #US imposes simplistic paradigm where all Mideast problems are due to Iran. In fact it's more complex & processes on dif levels driven by "transformations" (social, political,

Shaaban concludes by saying #Syria hopes for a more just world whre #Russia, #China play bigger role

Shaaban: Dwells on #EU, #US divisions over #Iran, expreases hope it may be a prelude to bigger disagreements incl on #Syria, anti-terrorism coalition

Shaaban: Initially, #Russia's position wasnt clear to us, we weren't sure if #Moscow vetos anti-SYR resolutions, but now we are positive about support, we see acts the same way on #Venezuela deterring #US aggression

Shaaban: #EU today takes a different stand from #US on some of Mideast issues. America stroke SAA positions, supports terrorost groups,launches propaganda against SYR, but thanx to position SYR won't turn into #Libya

#Assad's adviser Busseina Shaaban praises #Russia, #Chinas' #UNSC vetos "that saved #Syria", argues "some UNSC members support terrorists", argues #Moscow, #Iran, #Hezbollah fight for SYR while #US seeks to undermine it

Bogdanov concludes that key to solution of #ISIS problem is refusal of "some of #West/ern states to exploit terrorists for their own geopolitical purposes"

Bogdanov: Risk of terrorist spillover to Central Asia high as more #ISIS militants infiltrate thru #Afghanistan where their activity also on the rise, this is challenge to CSTO

Bogdanov: In #Libya #ISIS takes advantage of territorial defragmentation, aligns with AQ, urges Libyan factions to come to terms with each other to prevent further deterioration of the situation