U.S.-Russian collaboration to secure a deal on Iran’s nuclear program has raised hopes of closer cooperation on other world issues, but analysts say any progress is likely to be slow in coming.
A Kremlin statement issued shortly after the July 14 nuclear deal said Presidents Obama and Vladimir Putin had agreed in a telephone conversation to work together on “certain other current international matters, including countering international terrorism.”
The White House, for its part, said the leaders “had expressed a desire to work together on reducing regional tensions, particularly in Syria.”
But any new spirit of cooperation between the two powers is likely …read more
Source: Voice of America