Judith Kipper
Judith Kipper
agreement full reach speed
Once you put them on the table, you have to go full speed to reach an agreement.
allies arab assets assurance financial friendly frozen missing playing states united
Everyone is playing politics, and it's very unfortunate. It reconfirms to Arab and other allies that the United States is not a friendly place for investments and financial transactions. The U.S. is missing out ... because they don't have any assurance that their assets won't be frozen some day.
positive
This is a very, very positive opening, potentially.
diplomatic discussion extremely relations virtually
US-Syrian relations are extremely strained. There is virtually no diplomatic discussion between the two.