00:00There's going to be a bit of suspicion, isn't there, on both sides?
00:04It has to be.
00:04Yeah, I mean, the new leadership in Syria and some of the people who are close to the Syrian president
00:10might think it's a little early for ties with, you know, what was until quite recently an ideological enemy.
00:16And perhaps those in Washington who think it's perhaps a little early,
00:21just six months into this new administration in Damascus, to be making such overtures.
00:25What do you think will be the conversation in Washington?
00:27I think the conversation in Washington will be less about the overture and more about how far that overture will go.
00:37By that, I mean, I don't know that it's too early.
00:41I mean, we are testing each other out on both sides of this.
00:44And I think, you know, again, on a world stage where the rest of the world is looking,
00:49do we now have leadership in Syria where Syria can be, rather than an outlaw state,
00:55can be part of the community of nations?
00:59How the pace of those conversations and the pace of that welcoming goes,
01:05I think will be determined over the next several months and years,
01:09with both sides having to prove to the other that they are going to be welcoming and willing partners.
01:15I think there's a lot of opportunities to be able to be,ʻي ʻiʻi ʻiʻiʻi ʻiʻiʻiʻiʻi ʻiʻi ʻiʻi ʻiʻiʻi ʻiʻi ʻiʻi ʻiʻiʻiʻi ʻiʻiʻiʻi ʻiʻi ʻiʻiʻiʻiʻi ʻiʻi ʻiʻi ʻiʻiʻiʻi ʻiʻiʻiʻi ʻiʻiʻiʻiʻiʻiʻi ʻiʻiʻiʻiʻi ʻiʻ
