Iran and US play diplomatic ping-pong: ball flies farther than Liepāja sand in a storm

International diplomacy once again proves that even reaching a nuclear agreement is simpler than finding a free parking spot in downtown Liepāja on a Saturday evening.

An Iranian diplomat announced that the ball is now "on America's side," but as our experienced sailor Kārlis from Old Liepāja says: "Well, they've been playing ball for three years now - soon it'll be an Olympic discipline!" While the north wind blows at 15 meters per second, US Secretary of State Marco Rubio tries to convince everyone that an agreement is possible, but "very difficult to achieve." This reminds one of trying to find a taxi in Liepāja on Midsummer Night - theoretically possible, but practically...

Talks continue in Geneva, but local experts already predict this process will drag on longer than the restoration of Liepāja's tram line. Trump threatens with "strikes," Iran talks about "truthfulness," but nobody mentions the main thing - why can't they just meet in some neutral place, for example, on Liepāja beach? Here both the wind blows all diplomatic nonsense out of your head, and the sea air helps you think more clearly.

Oman and Geneva talks continue in a "positive direction," but as our old port worker Fricis said: "What's positive could also be that the ship sinks not as fast as expected." While the great powers play this diplomatic chess, life in Liepāja goes its own way - in the morning fog fishermen head out to sea, at midday tourists search for wind, and in the evening everyone together watches the sun set beyond the horizon. And no nuclear weapons can spoil this clarity.