00:00But, Lily, Putin has repeatedly said Russia is ready to help the U.S.-Iran talks, and
00:06he's also said that he's willing to take Iranian-enriched uranium.
00:11Do you think that this is something that's realistic at all?
00:15Look, I don't know if it's realistic for Moscow to come in and play mediator between
00:24the two.
00:24Yes, maybe as just a facilitator of conversation, but really I don't know that there's too
00:34much trust or impartiality between Putin and Iran and the U.S.
00:47Russia has a lot to gain to centre itself in these conversations.
00:52Obviously, Putin can now, if he puts himself in the centre of these conversations, he's
00:58going to be front and centre again.
01:00The Western world has kind of isolated him a bit after everything that happened with
01:05Ukraine.
01:07And then, obviously, instability in the Middle East and higher oil prices benefit him.
01:13So, it's probably in his best interest not to have this resolved too fast, because the
01:20global resources of oil, they're all coming to Russia at the moment.
01:23So, yes, I don't know if it's wise to get Russia involved in these conversations, especially
01:31considering Moscow and Iran have recently signed a strategic deal together.
01:36There would be a lot of biases there.
01:38There would be a lot of biases there.
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