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Menuju pertemuan di The Hague yang akan melibatkan banyak negara
khususnya 'pemain-pemain utama' yang mencorak situasi politik di rantau
Laut Kaspian- Amerika, PBB, Britain, Iran, Russia, China, India,
Perancis, German & Pakistan dan adik beradik 'tan-tan' yang
lain esok, akhbar Australia - The Australian, melaporkan satu pertemuan
antara Patrick Moon iaitu diplomat Amerika telah menemui Timbalan
Menteri Luar Iran, Mehdi Akhundzadeh di Moscow, Russia semasa hujung
minggu ini dengan diplomat Britain menjadi orang tengah kepada wakiol
Amerika dan Iran.
Pertemuan ini adalah untuk membincangkan situasi Afghanistan yang
begitu tenat sekarang kerana situasi terkini mempelihatkan peningkatan
mendadak penguasaan Taleban di Afghanistan. Perbincangan di Moscow
merupakan langkah awal Iran dan Amerika untuk bersama sekali lagi
menyerang Taleban dan menyelamatkan kerajaan boneka Amerika di
Afghanistan yang diketuai Hamid Karzai bakal berhadapan dengan
pilihanraya tidak lama lagi.
Pertemuan ini mengingatkan kita kepada pertemuan wakil khas Amerika
semasa penggal pertama pentadbiran Bush pada tahun 2001 dulu, James
Dobbins yang bertemu dengan Timbalan Menteri Luar Iran ketika itu,
Mohamed Javad Zarif di bandar lama German dalam perjanjian Bonn
Conference. juga menginatkan kita kepada peranan Menteri Luar Britain,
Jack Straw ketika itu yang sentiasa menjadi wakil bagi pihak Amerika
untuk memujuk Iran melawan Taleban selepas serangan 11 September 2001
dibawah 'slogan war on terrorism'. Ia juga bermakna pinangan Obama
sudah mula diterima oleh Iran yang sedang bertaqiyyah kononnya,
bersikap "tunggu perubahan yang dibuat oleh Amerika terlebih dahulu".
lihat :
Quote:
US, Iran officials meet in Moscow
IRANIAN and US officials have held their first talks about ending the
war in Afghanistan amid signs President Barack Obama's efforts to thaw
relations with Tehran are paying off.
While television cameras focused on Mr Obama in Washington during the
unveiling of his strategy for Afghanistan at the weekend, US and
Iranian diplomats were holding a remarkable meeting in Moscow.
The initiative brought together Patrick Moon, the US diplomat in charge
of South and Central Asia, and Iran's Deputy Foreign Minister, Mehdi
Akhundzadeh, as well as a British diplomat who has been acting as a
mediator.
A Western official who attended the talks said: "For the first time in two years, I'm optimistic about Afghanistan."
It followed NATO's first official contact with Iran two weeks ago, when
the Iranian ambassador visited NATO's assistant secretary-general to
discuss drugs and refugees.
The weekend meeting was held under the auspices of the Shanghai
Co-operation Organisation, a six-member regional security group
including Russia, China and Central Asian states, to discuss combating
terrorism and drug trafficking in Afghanistan. Those present included
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, the foreign ministers of Pakistan and
Afghanistan, and senior British diplomats.
Mr Akhundzadeh told delegates that narcotics represented a serious
threat to the region and no country could fight the trade alone. He
revealed that Iran seized three tonnes of opium on its border every day.
The US and Iran have not had full diplomatic ties for almost three
decades. "We see this as a very productive area for engagement in the
future," said a US official after the meeting.
Mr Akhundzadeh will travel to The Hague tomorrow for a conference on
Afghanistan, at which Washington hopes he will meet US Secretary of
State Hillary Clinton.
Iran has no love for the Taliban, which murdered a group of Iranian
diplomats in 1998, but in recent years any animosity has been
outweighed by Iranian concern over the proliferation of US bases in
Afghanistan and the view that "my enemy's enemy is my friend".
Two years ago, NATO troops in Afghanistan intercepted a convoy of
weapons bound for the Taliban, apparently provided by Iran's
Revolutionary Guard.
"Tehran is happy to see the US bogged down in Afghanistan," said a
Western official. "Our concern is to make sure they don't start
providing game-changing technology as they did in Iraq."
Tehran is known to be concerned about the opium trade, much of which
passes through its territory. Intelligence sources say it has lost 2000
soldiers in the past two years fighting drug gangs.
Mr Obama's ultimate aim is to use these talks to persuade Iran to sit
at the same table for negotiations about halting its uranium enrichment
program.
Iran insists its nuclear program is for peaceful purposes, but the US
and Britain believe it is trying to build nuclear weapons. Last month,
the Washington-based Institute for Science and International Security
claimed Iran had reached "nuclear weapons breakout capability" - enough
uranium to make a nuclear bomb - although others believe it still has
some way to go.
In stark contrast to former US president George W.Bush, who named Iran
as part of his "Axis of Evil", Mr Obama believes the way forward is
through diplomatic initiatives on common concerns such as Afghanistan.
Earlier this month he issued a video addressed to the Iranian people,
offering to turn the page on years of hostility with "a new beginning".
At the weekend, as part of his new strategy, Mr Obama proposed creating
a regional contact group that would include Iran. He described the
situation in Afghanistan as "increasingly perilous". Much of his
strategy actually focused on Pakistan, which his administration sees as
the greater challenge.
He linked terrorist attacks in London, Bali, Kabul and the Middle East
to Pakistan and said al-Qa'ida's leadership had "moved across the
border".
It was the first time a Western leader had located al-Qa'ida in
Pakistan, something Islamabad has always denied. Afghan President Hamid
Karzai was delighted. Pakistani officials reacted with predictable
anger.
The Sunday Times. |
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