there's no question about that and of harkat. in general with russia we are experiencing various actions directed at breaking international law or the aims of international law supporting assad in syria for instance but that does not change the fact that russia is an important political entity in europe. this week vladimir putin dedicated a bridge connecting russia to crimea the ukrainian peninsula that germany views as having been illegally an extent by moscow. it's a move that only adds to the complexity of the relationship. i want to talk about this complex relationship i'm joined now by. no schmidt foreign policy spokesman for the social democrats a junior coalition partner in the german government good morning notion of thanks so much for being with us today with these talks about to get underway in saudi between america and lattimer putin do you think we're about to say or could see a new beginning in relations with russia well i guess we should not expect too much from this meeting there's a wide array of issues we have th

well from toronto just a moment of us has our white house correspondent kimberly harkat. after months of diplomacy and high level meetings at the white house between the u.s. president and his counterparts in france germany and a monday the foreign secretary of the u.k. donald trump announced he had finally made his decision trump tweeted he would make his decision public on tuesday or whether to withdraw the united states from the iran nuclear agreement. the announcement follows a last minute effort by u.k. foreign secretary boris johnson to persuade try to keep the u.s. within the deal even with top trump administrators including secretary of state mike pompei oh but not donald trump in the absence of a presidential meeting johnson penned an editorial in the new york times newspaper and has been appearing on multiple u.s. t.v. networks urging trump to remain in the agreement you can be tougher on iran but not throw away that the heart of the deal which is all about stopping them getting a nuclear weapon the deal was negotiated in twenty fifty and under the administratio