Putin Envoy Visits Tehran for Syria Talks
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WWW.TEHRANTIMES.COM I N T E R N A T I O N A L D A I L Y 16 Pages Price 20,000 Rials 1.00 EURO 4.00 AED 39th year No.13279 Sunday DECEMBER 16, 2018 Azar 25, 1397 Rabi’ Al thani 8, 1440 Our missiles are ‘Expediency Council to Khosravivafa National Orchestra to ‘non-negotiable’ decide on CFT based re-elected as President perform in memory 2 on national interests’ 2 of NPC Iran 15 of Ali Tajvidi 16 Putin envoy visits Tehran for Syria talks POLITICS TEHRAN — Russian The United Nations special envoy for deskPresident Putin’s spe- Syria Staffan de Mistura will hold talks cial envoy for Syria Alexander Lavrentiev with senior officials from Iran, Russia and Paris in chaos traveled to Tehran on Saturday and sat Turkey, as guarantors of the Syria peace down for talks with Iran’s Syria negotiator, process, in Geneva early next week, a UN See page 13 Hossein Jaberi Ansari. statement said on Friday. These two diplomats preside over Iran The upcoming talks will serve setting and Russia’s delegations in the Astana up a committee to draft a new Syrian con- talks on Syria. stitution and usher in elections. Top MP: EU has lost Iranians’ trust for SPV delay POLITICS TEHRAN — Kazem regarding the operation and imple- deskJalali, chairman of the mentation of the so-called SPV to Parliament Research Center, said on Sat- facilitate trade with Iran,” Mehr urday that Europe has lost the Iranian reported. nation’s trust owing to the prolonged delay The Europeans have had enough time in establishing the special purpose vehi- to put the mechanism in place, but they cle (SPV), which is aimed to keep trade have not yet fulfilled their obligations flowing with Iran. seven months after America’s unilater- Jalali said, “Unfortunately, we al withdrawal from the nuclear deal, he have not heard any particular news lamented. Palestinians slam Australia’s recognition of al-Quds as Israel capital The Palestinian leadership has denounced (Jerusalem), and to ensure his country’s the latest decision by the Australian gov- firm adherence to its obligations under ernment to recognize al-Quds (Jerusa- international law. lem) as the capital of the Israeli regime, Ashrawi noted that such a measure describing the move as “irresponsible” “would be unilateral, illegal, and would and in violation of international law. jeopardize the chances for peace.” Hanan Ashrawi, a member of the She pointed out that the dramatic shift Executive Committee of the Palestine in Canberra’s policy on al-Quds (Jeru- Rafael Yaghobzadeh Liberation Organization (PLO), called on salem) would constitute a violation of Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison United Nations Security Council (UNSC) AP/ to reverse his decision on occupied al-Quds resolutions. 13 ARTICLE Forcible repatriation of Rohingya dangerous REPORT Abdouallah Shahbazi By Nay San Lwin The world has seen this cycle of persecution on October 24. He said that genocide is ongoing Ramin Hossein Abadian Political analyst ISLAMABAD — Just a little more than a year and killings in Myanmar resulting in hundreds in Myanmar. Mehr News Agency ago, at least ten thousand Rohingya were killed in of thousands of refugees fleeing to Bangladesh. Almost 130,000 Rohingya have been in concen- journalist northern Rakhine state, at least 350 villages were These refugees are then forced back to Myanmar tration camps in Sittwe for more than 6 years now. burnt to the ground. As a result, about 750,000 and again they meet the same fate of persecution and These internally displaced people (IDPs) are trapped Macron, Trump and had to flee to neighboring Bangladesh. catastrophic violence. This vicious and murderous in the camps and live under difficult circumstances. I, on behalf of all Rohingyas, would like to cycle has been going on since 1978. They are dependent on food distribution by WFP or Yemen agreement Iran’s future thank the Bangladesh government and pub- Bangladesh signed a bilateral agreement with ICRC. Life is intolerable and they have been taking lic for hosting more than a million Rohingya Myanmar on November 23, 2017 and tried to start risky journeys to Malaysia by boat. and Riyadh’s double he incident of the city of Strasbourg refugees. We appreciate all the efforts made repatriation on January 23, 2018 but failed. Again In last two months, at least four boats carrying in France was a very primitive sce- by Bangladesh. just recently on November 15, 2018, they tried to Rohingya while fleeing to Malaysia were detained standards nario for facing the deep social and However, Rohingya refugees have again faced repatriate a first batch of 2,260 Rohingya but failed in Myanmar water territories and were sent back T he Yemen peace talks began with political crisis that the Macron govern- the threat of forced repatriation. If you visit the again. to original departure points and they were forced ment is facing. camps of Bangladesh, you will find elderly people The reasons why the refugees are refusing to be to accept the National Verification Card which the attendance UN envoy Martin As predicted, French Interior Minister for whom this is the third time they have had to repatriated are crystal clear. Marzuki Darusman, we called Genocide Card. In the past, these at- TGriffiths on Dec. 13, 2018 in Stock- Christophe Castaner announced that the flee to Bangladesh. the chair of Independent International Fact-Find- tempts to reach Malaysia have led to drowning holm and led to an agreement between “terrorist”, who “apparently” was respon- ing Mission, summed it up at UN Security Council of thousands. 6 the two sides, the Sana’a delegation and sible for the shooting in Strasbourg, at the Saudi-backed Hadi’s outgoing gov- 9 pm on Thursday, December 13th, was Election results in India show huge drop in support for BJP and revival for Congress ernment representatives. killed in a street clash with three police- The agreement came about as Saudi By Syed Zafar Mehdi Party (BJP). How much impact will these results that anti-incumbency factor led to the party’s Arabia stepped up its aggressive attacks in men. Shortly thereafter, ISIS released a TEHRAN — The ruling Bharatiya Janata Party have on the general elections in 2019? drubbing in these state elections. BJP leader and statement, claiming responsibility for the various parts of Yemen so that the current (BJP) in India suffered a major setback last week A. The assembly elections, in crucial heartland minister Arun Jaitley said it could have been the peace talks in Stockholm. The Saudis ap- shooting and killing of Strasbourg. after losing three key states to the main opposition Indian states, where Narendra Modi scored huge fatigue factor. What’s your take on it? The extent and depth of the crisis in parently wanted the talks to fail. However, party Indian National Congress (INC). majorities in 2014, their results today show that A. Yes people are getting fatigued with Modi the seriousness of the Sana’a delegation France is such that it does not allow the The results, which come barely four months 2019 is not a foregone conclusion. They show a overexposure. But there was anti-incumbency creation of a tense security and repression made it impossible for the other party to before the general elections in India, have handed an huge drop in support for the BJP and a revival at work. Madhya Pradesh and Chattisgarh Chief scuttle the talks and a bilateral agreement under the pretext of “terrorism”. Contra- opportunity for Congress to bounce back and recoup for the Congress. Ministers had served 15 years, people did get bored. ry, the scenario of Macron and Castan- was the result. the political space from right-wing nationalists. Is it true that the Bharatiya Janata Party Rahul Gandhi completed one year as In the course of the talks that began er, which, regardless of its tragic human Sanjay Hegde is a senior lawyer in the Supreme (BJP) is overwhelmingly dependent on PM Nar- Congress president on the day of results and he dimensions, resembles Louis de Funès on Thursday last week, the Hadi aligned Court of India and a noted political commentator. endra Modi to win elections? Why didn’t Modi couldn’t have asked for better results. How do you delegation often raised irrational, impos- comedies, adds to the severity of the In an interview to Tehran Times, he spoke about factor work in these elections? rate him as the leader of India’s oldest political crisis. sible conditions, but to no avail. last weeks assembly elections in India, and how A. The BJP is seen as having been transformed party? Has he grown as a politician since 2014? The warring parties in Yemen have On the other hand, on Thursday, the its outcome can influence the results of general into a one man party from a cadre based insti- A. Rahul Gandhi has certainly grown post 2014 United States Senate unanimously con- agreed to a ceasefire in the strategic elections in India early next year. tution. The man himself is now over exposed defeat. He has internalised the harsh things said port city of Hudayda, Al Salif and Ras demned Mohamed bin Salman for the Excerpts from the interview: and has under delivered. There is a huge fatigue about him, but not let them bring him down. Most murder of Jamal Khashoggi and called Issa. They are the main entry points for The results of assembly polls in India have factor as far as he is concerned. importantly, he has moved out of his mother’s shadow on Trump to end support for the Saudi food and aid shipments to Yemen.