US-European crisis: Merkel, Putin revive dialogue after Trump scraps Iran nuclear deal

Moscow has said Putin will urge a four-way meeting with Merkel, Macron and Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko to revive talks on a possible UN peacekeeping mission along the eastern Ukraine battlefront. "We'll see what arrangements will be found, it's hard to predict," said Russian deputy foreign minister Grigory Karasin, tempering expectations.

US-European crisis: Merkel, Putin revive dialogue after Trump
Russian President Vladimir Putin hosts German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Friday to discuss the explosive global issues of Iran, Syria and Ukraine amid a deepening US-European crisis of confidence. Image source: Reuters

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