Iran and US to meet for nuclear talks but little obvious prospect of success
by Robert Tait in Washington from World news | The Guardian on (#6WJT1)
Tehran's nuclear program at stake in Oman after Trump's surprise announcement - can a breakthrough be reached?
Historical metaphor refers to them as Nixon in China" moments: diplomatic encounters where leaders representing political systems implacably opposed to each other overcome their mistrust to achieve unexpected breakthroughs.
Yet few meetings can have held less obvious prospect of the success achieved by President Richard Nixon's historic 1972 visit to Beijing than that scheduled to take place in Oman on Saturday between representatives of the United States and Iran.
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