Thursday, April 16, 2015

White House: There's Still Unity Within P5+1

US President Barack Obama's spokesman, Josh Earnest, has insisted that there is still unity within the P5 plus 1 group of countries negotiating with Iran over its nuclear programme.

He was speaking after a member of the group, Russia, has announced it's to sell an advanced air defence system to Tehran, having lifted its own ban on the sale of such equipment earlier this week.

Mr. Earnest told reporters that the sale doesn't change Russia's commitment to the nuclear talks: 

IN: President Putin...
OUT: ...security council resolutions
DUR: 34 seconds


Mr. Earnest emphasised that meanwhile, US sanctions against Russia over its actions in Ukraine are working, noting that could be behind the decision to sell the weapons system: 

IN: There are some... 
OUT: ...generate some income
DUR: 20 seconds