00:00Dr. Jawad Al-Anani is former Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister of Jordan.
00:06Although the ceasefire has shifted us to a new explosive path,
00:12but still it is now more inclined towards negotiation.
00:17And that's the most pitiful sign.
00:20But the situation is still explosive in the sense that it could lead to war
00:24or it could lead to a long cessation of this war for a long time to come.
00:33And therefore I think that we should watch out for the negotiators
00:39and hopefully that in two weeks or three weeks' time
00:42the negotiations would move from indirect talks to direct talks
00:50because this is the best way for people to humanize the relationship
00:55and come to an agreement.
00:58The second thing is that, you know, we hope that the disruptors of those
01:03or those who don't feel good about the current shift in the events
01:09towards more negotiation than warmongering,
01:12I think they would not be given a chance to spoil the new march towards peace.
01:23We're on the eve of these peace talks.
01:25Where is the basis of any sort of agreement?
01:29Where is the basis of any common ground?
01:32I think that the two parties now, the two parties have already made their positions clear.
01:42But by their position I mean their maximum expectation from this war.
01:48There is lots of rhetoric involved in the pronouncements around the negotiations
01:56and everybody thinks he's the victor.
01:58But I think that what is good about the whole situation maybe or what may give us some hope
02:04is the fact that the three parties involved, I mean the United States, Iran and Israel,
02:11are in sort of a paradoxical position.
02:15They are doomed if they continue the war and they are doomed if they don't.
02:19So in a way, we have to find some way to streamline all these different positions into one path
02:31and that takes time.
02:32So hopefully that the American administration would come to understand
02:37that we need, probably there is a possibility to extend the warning another six weeks or so
02:46if there is hope that negotiations could lead to something.
02:50Are you an optimist?
02:52I mean, is this ceasefire a genuine step towards de-escalation
02:55or as some commentators suggest, merely a pause before further conflict?
03:03If you compare it to what we call, you know, the border edge policy,
03:10the sharp determination of days and ultimatums and so on,
03:16yes, it is a fresh break for everybody who would like to see this whole war is behind us
03:25because we want to continue and resume our life and the challenge of development
03:30and making the people, you know, more content.
03:35But still they have to be aware of the responsibility of not reaching an agreement
03:44would be disastrous, not only for the Middle Eastern countries,
03:48not only for the warring parties, but also for probably the whole world economy.
03:53I don't know.
03:53Let's see.
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