The European Union's top diplomat Federica Mogherini said on Thursday the U.S. and EU share common views on several issues despite some tension with Washington over its decision to pull out of a nuclear deal with Iran.
Mogherini spoke to reporters as she arrived at a meeting of NATO defence ministers held on the same day as a U.S.-hosted summit on the Middle East in Poland.
Asked why she declined to attend the Warsaw conference, Mogherini said NATO was a priority for the EU but that she would meet U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Friday in Brussels.
Foreign ministers and other officials from more than 60 countries gathered for the conference in Warsaw, but leading European countries Germany and France opted not to send their foreign ministers over concerns the meeting could highlight big-power tensions over Washington's decision last year to withdraw from the 2015 Iran nuclear deal and reimpose sanctions against Tehran.
Autor: gf / Źródło: TVN24 News in English, Reuters