A momentous occasion – and the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding between Iran and the US after months of needless war certainly is that – calls for a grand location steeped in history.
Fitting then, that Donald Trump signed the document at Versailles.
It hits the mark on both counts: There’s enough gold to rival the US president’s own interior design choices at the White House, and it’s the very same spot where Germany agreed to pay reparations to the winning side following defeat in WWI in 1919. Make of that parallel what you will…
The agreement had been slated to be signed in Switzerland this Friday 19 June, but the two countries, alongside mediators Pakistan and Qatar, will now meet here instead for initial negotiations on its implementation.
Bürgenstock Resort Lake Lucerne will be the venue for talks, and trust us when we say this is no Four Seasons Total Landscaping.
