There is a bigger strategic shift which is above all this ,Iran will be dark horse in all this either side it can go ,Russia /China /Turkey all have strategic interest in Syria and recent Turkeys shift to Russia is another indication to it ,regarding Pak importance to Russia it is already investing heavily in Pakistan thru buying of assets e.g Mobilink/Warid over 50 Mil customers is part of Vimpel telecom (Russia) also if i am correct Russians are interested to buy a commercial bank in coming days .Also Inter state gas company of Pakistan is very much closely collaborating with Russian gas companies ,so there is going to be big strategic block
Thanks for your insight. Interesting to note the above, When you say Chinese interests in Syria, what do you mean? Could you clarify?