U.S. President Donald Trump said Thursday that he was expecting Iran "at some point" asks the United States for an agreement. Trump was asking questions at a press briefing on the second day of the NATO allies summit in Brussels, during which Trump put his allies to the test of their spending.
Asked about Iran, Trump said the Iranians "treat the United States with much more respect right now, they will call it and propose an agreement." They are feeling "a lot of pain right now," he added.
"Iran will call me at one point and ask for an agreement, and we will reach an agreement," he said.
When asked, "Does NATO help protect the United States from Russia?" Trump replies that NATO is a strong ally. He continued, "We are going to meet putin who is not looking so much; we want to look for information about Syria and the electoral interference. "
Trump spoke of reports that Israel is seeking to negotiate an agreement between the United States and Russia to negotiate US sanctions against Russia for Russia to withdraw Iran's military influence from Syria, near the Israeli border.
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The New Yorker revealed Tuesday that Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates and Israel had proposed to Trump that America proposes to cancel the sanctions imposed on Russia four years ago, more to the war in Ukraine and the occupation of the Crimean peninsula. in exchange for Russian action to withdraw Iranian forces from Syria. Journalist Adam Entous wrote that shortly before the US elections in 2016, United Arab Emirates' Crown Prince Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed met with a US mediator and told him that Putin might be interested in resolving the Syrian crisis.
Asked about the Crimea, Trump did not mention the sanctions, but said: "President Obama allowed this to happen.The Russians then built a bridge to Crimea and an underwater port . "
Trump said that he can not say what will happen next. But he is not "happy" with the annexation of Crimea.
Russia has been working to move Iran away from the border between Israel and Syria, diplomatic sources said Wednesday night in Haaretz. While Russia is working on these efforts, Israel has avoided intervening and disrupting the stabilization efforts of Syrian President Bashar Assad's regime as he resumes southern Syria.
The sources said that although the Iranian forces have not been completely driven out of the border area, Moscow is currently acting to complete the process.
Moscow has a clear interest in the stabilization of the Syrian regime and the removal of Iran from the border with Israel, the sources said. This attempt may be in line with Israeli interests, but it could work just as well, they added.
President Vladimir Putin and Ali Akbar Velayati, top advisor to Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, discussed the situation in Syria and bilateral relations during a meeting in Moscow on Thursday, the Kremlin said. .
Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters at a conference call that Velayati had sent messages from Khamenei and the Iranian president to Putin.
"The messages are particularly affecting bilateral relations," Peskov said.
