Steve Witkoff: “They claim that they were ready to make concessions, but…”

“Well, when the last round of negotiations start, Jared and I visited with them, negotiated with them three separate times. In all that time, was there ever any indication they wanted to budge? Look, They claim that they were ready to make concessions, but there was no palpable evidence of it. In the first meeting that we had with them, they actually opened up. I mean, there was an aircraft carrier out there, but they actually opened up that they had the inalienable right to enrich.” (01:07–01:15)

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