By IRNA,
Berlin : A high-profile German-sponsored conference here Wednesday discussed ways of restoring America’s credibility in the wake of the US wars in Afghanistan and Iraq as well as massive human rights violations in Washington’s global anti-terror campaign.
The objective of the conference is “to present a blueprint or plan of action for the next US administration,” former German ambassador to the US Wolfgang Ischinger told journalists here Wednesday at a press briefing in Berlin.
Meanwhile, ex-US deputy secretary of state Strobe Talbott said concrete recommendations” had been made at the two-day top secret confab hosted jointly by the German Bertelsmann Foundation and the US Brookings Institute.
Specific steps include re-committing to international law and ratifying the CTBT, Talbott added.
The next American president has “to commit sincerely to restore trust in the US around the world,” the ex-US official made clear.
The US image has been severely tarnished over the eight years by its policy in the Middle East and its so-called ‘war on terror’.