MOSCOW/NEW YORK (REUTERS) - Russian President Vladimir Putin on Friday (Aug 14) proposed a video summit with the United States, Britain, France, China, Germany and Iran in a bid to avoid 'confrontation and escalation' at the United Nations, where Washington is trying to extend an arms embargo on Teheran.. Read more at straitstimes.com.
MOSCOW/NEW YORK - Russian President Vladimir Putin on Friday proposed a video summit with the United States, Britain, France, China, Germany and Iran in a bid to avoid"confrontation and escalation" at the United Nations, where Washington is trying to extend an arms embargo on Teheran.
The 15-member UN Security Council will announce later on Friday the result of a vote on a US-drafted resolution to extend the weapons ban. Diplomats say it is bound to fail and put the fate of a 2015 nuclear deal between Iran and world powers further at risk. Putin said Russia, which is an ally of Iran in the Syrian civil war, remained fully committed to the nuclear deal and that the aim of a video summit would be"to outline steps that will allow to avoid confrontation and escalation of the situation in the security council."
US President Donald Trump wants to negotiate a new deal with Iran that would prevent it from both developing nuclear weapons and curb its activities in the region and elsewhere.The 13-year-old UN arms embargo is due to expire in October under the 2015 accord that prevents Teheran from developing nuclear weapons in return for sanctions relief.
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