Press TV, Iran interview
Are Trump’s Russia negotiators trustworthy or just more U.S. card cheats in the tradition going back to George Bush, Sr.?
It was a pleasure to be invited by Press TV to comment on the negotiations in Riyadh to end the Ukraine war where the key word was “trust”. As I point out, what is happening now between the Trump administration and the Kremlin is an effort to restore trust by a variety of immediate measures, starting with restoration of the respective embassies to full functionality. This also has direct bearing on the future of Iran’s relations with Washington and with the West more generally. Under Joe Biden, the level of mutual trust between the two superpowers had continued its descent from the days of the Bush Jr. administration to the point of zero, just short of full severance of diplomatic relations. Now the task is first to restore mutual trust and then to proceed to solving specific complex tasks, including resolution of the war in and over Ukraine. Do the American negotiators appear to be credible? Are they capable of reaching durable agreements?