Today (30/6/12) the newly formed Syria Action Group (SAG) made up of; The United Nations (UN), The League of Arab States (Arab League/LAS), China, France, Russia, the UK, the US, Turkey Iraq, Kuwait, Qatar and the European Union (EU) held it's first meeting in Geneva, Switzerland. It produced a communique which is still trying to find it's way onto the Internet.
The purpose of the meeting was for the group to agree on a mechanism for political transition in Syria. This roadmap would then be presented to the Syrian government for consideration. This meeting doesn't seem to have achieved much instead waffling on for ages about women's rights which although important aren't really a priority with 180 people killed in fighting in Syria yesterday (29/6/12). As always the main sticking point was the LAS, France, the UK, the US, Turkey, Iraq, Kuwait, Qatar and the EU's insistence on regime change. This is something that all international law forbids them from pursuing so it would really help things along if they stopped wasting everybody's time. Russia's claim to be taking a principled stand would also be significantly strengthend if they made it more clear that regime change is a red line.
On the day that Egypt's new President was sworn into office I think that it's worth noting that because it's re-written it's consitution and elected a new Parliament on a technical level Syria is actually further down the road to political reform the either Egypt or Libya. It's just the war that's slowing things down. So I guess the question is does the SAG and the Syrian opposition want to change the system or do they simply want to kill the President?
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