Friends and business associates may establish contacts and discover areas in which compromise is conceivable, but they don’t themselves make peace. The shuttle diplomacy may eventually serve as a catalyst for serious negotiations, however, if that moment comes, the settlement will have to be negotiated by officials and institutions possessing state legitimacy and the power to implement what they sign, Fyodor Lukyanov believes.

https://eng.globalaffairs.ru/articles/witkoff-kushner-lukyanov/

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