Russia risks being trapped in another quagmire like Afghanistan unless it helps orchestrate a political transition in Syria, the EU foreign policy chief, Federica Mogherini, has warned.
Referencing the Soviet-Afghan war, Mogherini spoke on Wednesday on the eve of a new multilateral push to end the four-year Syrian conflict.
In the broadest peace talks since the war began, foreign ministers from western Europe and the US will meet counterparts from Russia, Saudi Arabia and countries that border Syria – including, for the first time, Iran.
The Iranian foreign minister, Mohammad Javad Zarif, is due to join the negotiations accompanied by three of his deputies in response to a US invitation to take part. The invitation broke with previous American policy – strongly supported by Saudi Arabia and other Gulf states – of excluding Tehran.
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