Blinken says Russia has self-interest in preventing nuclear-armed Iran
Tuesday 08/March/2022 - 03:54 PM
Russia has a self-interest in
preventing Iran from acquiring nuclear arms, U.S. Secretary of State Antony
Blinken said during a visit to Estonia on Tuesday.
"We continue to work to see
if we can come back to mutual compliance with Iran on the deal. Russia
continues to be engaged in those efforts and it has its own interest in
ensuring that Iran is not able to acquire a nuclear weapon," Blinken said.
Moscow threw a potential spanner
in the works on Saturday, just as months of indirect talks between Tehran and
Washington in Vienna appeared to be headed for an agreement, with Foreign
Minister Sergei Lavrov saying the Western sanctions over Ukraine had become a
stumbling block for a nuclear deal.
