On the sidelines of the 78th UN General Assembly in New York, Majed Al Ansari, an advisor to Qatar's deputy prime minister, spoke to FRANCE 24's Marc Perelman about the US-Iran prisoner swap which was mediated by Qatar, the process of reaching that deal and the possibility of reviving Iran nuclear talks.
Asked about this week's US-Iran prisoner swap deal, which followed months of Qatar-mediated talks, Al Ansari explained that the negotiations started "about two years ago", were "very difficult" and "involved a lot of meetings" between both sides. One of the main challenges was "building trust" between Tehran and Washington in order to reach a deal, he added.
