<blockquote>'To solve problems like the Syria conflict, the West needs to promote direct negotiations between Iran and Saudi Arabia. In order to apply pressure on the elites of both countries, Europe has two powerful tools at its disposal: the 500 million consumers who live in the EU and the possibility of imposing stricter controls on defense exports.
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Neither Saudi Arabia nor Iran appears prepared at the moment to make any overtures to the other side, and Switzerland is now expected to step in to mediate. After 30 years spent carrying messages back and forth between the United States and Iran, Swiss diplomats are to play the same role between Riyadh and Tehran.'
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Saudia Arabia and Iran: The Cold War of Islam, May 9, 2016</blockquote>
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'..Switzerland .. a federal council based on the “concordance democracy” principle..''..to rethink and to rebuild a culture where there are open channels between feeling and understanding..'The Garden of Forgiveness</blockquote>