Pushkov believes that U.S. will agree to participation of Iran in Geneva-2

Alexei Pushkov, the chairman of the State Duma Committee on Foreign Affairs There can be different attitudes towards Iran, but Iran is the most important state in the region. A settlement without Iran is more problematic than a settlement with Iran. I personally believe that Iran has to participate. The French government, for example, also thinks so - I am recalling my recent visits - the Austrian leadership think so too. In general, the European Union believes that Iran has to participate in this conference. The U.S. has the biggest concerns, the position of the Saudis and the group headed by Saudi Arabia is sharply negative. Israel also has a negative position, but Israel is not a key country in determining the fate of Geneva, the Geneva-2 talks. Therefore it seems to me that Iran should be involved in this issue, especially because very important, perhaps crucial agreements regarding the fate of the Iranian nuclear program have been achieved and given the marginalizing of Iran, portraying it as some particularly negative factor in this region... There are many factors that play a very negative role, and distinguishing Iran as someone guiltier than other countries that play a much more negative role than Iran would be completely wrong in my opinion. It seems to me that Geneva-2 will be incomplete without Iran. There is very little resistance left, primarily it remains on the part of Saudi Arabia. I think that even the US, after thinking about it properly, will have to realize that Iran has to take part.