Iran's President Hasan Rowhani gives a press conference in Tehran on August 6, 2013. PHOTO: AFP
"Because of the lack of influential players in the meeting, I doubt about the Geneva 2 meeting's success in fighting against terrorism ... and its ability to resolve the Syria crisis," Rouhani said.
"The Geneva 2 meeting has already failed without it even being started."
United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon retracted an invitation to Iran after Syria's political opposition said on Monday it would withdraw from the peace talks scheduled for Jan. 22 if President Bashar al-Assad's main sponsor took part.
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It appears that the Swiss meeting will be a waste of time. Instead of invading Syria the US and Saudi Arabia have decided upon financing and encouraging militants in Syria until they get rid of President Assad. The Syrian Government will not agree to letting them take over so the meeting will end in stalemate without a solution. But then,everywhere America goes devastation seems to result with no solution in sight. For example, Korea, Vietnam, Afghanistan,Iraq, Libya, and now Syria.just to name a few.