A View from Jordan: Iraq, The Peace Process, and Arab Reform

Transcript

MARWAN MUASHER: Let me start with talking about the peace process. I don't have prepared remarks, but I want to be a bit provocative and share with you some of the concerns that we have on where things stand today.

I don't know that we invented the road map, but we certainly were strong supporters right from the beginning of the road map, and it is for a good reason from Jordan's point of view. The road map for us offers a mechanism to achieve an objective that is of extreme importance to Jordan, which is a two-state solution. We feel that a two-state solution should be the only acceptable outcome of the peace process because any other solution certainly will be detrimental to Jordan's interests, certainly to the Palestinian interest, and I dare say certainly to Israeli interests as well.

This is why we have supported the road map right from the beginning, and this is why we continue to support the road map, even if it is presently experiencing big difficulties.

But I think it is legitimate to ask the question today that no one wants to really face: Are we witnessing the death of the two-state solution? And I think it's legitimate because facts on the ground are pointing in that direction.

Read the full event transcript (PDF—71kb) Get Adobe Acrobat Reader

View Full Transcript »