Kremlin: US move on Iran brings Russia and Europe closer
MOSCOW - A shared disapproval of the US exit from the Iranian nuclear deal may help bring Russia and European nations closer, a top Kremlin official said Friday.
President Vladimir Putin's foreign affairs adviser, Yuri Ushakov, said the Russian president discussed the situation around the 2015 nuclear deal in Friday's phone call with German Chancellor Angela Merkel, and their positions were "practically identical."
Ushakov added that Putin will have further discussions on the issue with Merkel and French President Emmanuel Macron when they visit Russia this month. Merkel is to make a trip to Russia next Friday, and Macron is set to meet Putin during a business forum in St. Petersburg the following week.
"When points of view coincide, it can only mean that the countries edge at least a bit closer to each other," he told a briefing.
