In the Independent, here and Thomas Pickering's proposal, published last month in the NY Review of Books,
"...Significantly, according to the article, backchannel negotiations usually come to light once they've already failed, or once they've gathered a critical mass of support. Pickering maintains that the Bush administration was kept informed of the talks and "did not discourage" them. He also maintains that response on both sides has been positive. I expressed some skepticism about the plan when it was published, but today's report coincides with an announcement by the Iranian Foreign Minister that Iran will be presenting a broad proposal for regional stability that should satisfy the P5+1, as well as recent reports of an evolution in the kinds of incentives the U.S. was willing to offer Iran...."
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