00:00Шарply contrasting opinions here on day two of the Global Baku Forum.
00:05On what next in the Iran war do you press ahead with that bombing campaign as the hardship, death and
00:11destruction intensified
00:13and the price of oil hovers around $100 a barrel?
00:16Or do you pursue diplomacy?
00:19Well, one U.S. congressman we talked to who's a supporter of President Trump says press ahead with that bombing
00:24campaign.
00:25I served as a U.S. Marine in Iraq.
00:28I saw Iranian spies come into the country and literally commit violent acts against the United States troops that were
00:36in Iraq.
00:37We can defend ourselves against the Iranians today and we're doing that.
00:40And what about diplomacy, a diplomatic way out, the congressman says, not at the moment.
00:47President Trump worked very hard to try to get a diplomatic solution for many years.
00:53And unfortunately, the Iranians were not interested in stopping their terrorism.
00:58They wanted to continue it and they continue it today as we speak.
01:01There are calls here at the forum to seek a diplomatic solution.
01:04One of those voices is the president of East Timor, who's a Nobel Peace Prize laureate.
01:10It was obvious that a U.S.-Israel intervention in Iran would have a cataclysmic side effect and it's happening.
01:25And of course, the economic impact does not stay there in the region.
01:33It has very negative, multiplying effects all over the world.
01:42Didn't they think of that?
01:44And some words of advice from a former president of the European Commission, Romano Prodi, whose job was all about
01:51compromise.
01:52You have to understand whether people and, let's say, leaders are ready to compromise.
02:02Because after months of madness, compromise is the only thing to do.
02:12Expect more talk of solutions to the Iran war and other conflicts around the world
02:17here at the Global Baku Forum before it ends on Saturday.
02:22Chris Burns, Euronews, Baku, Azerbaijan.
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