Russia takes advantage of the conflict between Iran and America

Things will not change overnight, but Emmanuel Macron's visit to Russia, scheduled for May 25th, may change the chain response of events taking place in the world.

It all started on May 8th, when Donald Trump announced the US withdrawal from the 2015 nuclear agreement signed with Iran by great powers. The Atlantic Alliance has been divided because Europeans started with France, Germany and the United Kingdom have condemned Washington's decision and have found themselves in complete disagreement with their American ally, and closer to Russia, China, and even Iran, with their own will not to abandon the 2015 compromise.

A Deep Divide

In the past, France was opposed to the United States, and the Franco-German axis had made a common front to oppose George Bush's adventure in Iraq, but a total rift between the United States and Europe -- this is an absolute innovation. Nothing like that was ever seen. Among other things, this is a deep divide, because Americans (and repeat it on 21 May) aim to stop European companies from continuing trade with Iran, threatening sanctions.

Except for consequences on NATO, Donald Trump's statement has had major consequences in the Middle East, causing Saudi Arabia to become Allied with Americans and Israelis, while Iran has welcomed the choice against the flow of Europeans.

Iran's leaders are not only afraid to be excluded from international trade, but among the lines suggest that if Europe is to challenge the US blockade, it may be willing to open, as requested by France, new missile negotiations, regional crises and the future of the nuclear agreement, which will expire in 2025.

Tehran's challenge is obvious and puts Russia in a position to get more concessions from Iran, under the terms of a peace agreement in Syria. Donald Trump, basically, strengthens Putin's position in the Middle East. But that's not all.

Let's go back to Europe. The old continent, led by France, could show Putin that the time has come to open a stabilisation process in the Middle East with Europeans, whose success could restore confidence between the European Union and the Russian Federation, bringing two powers one day towards a security and co-operation agreement, such as those that existed between the Soviet Union and Westerners.

Things don't change from one day to another, but the thirty hours Emmanuel Macron will spend in St Petersburg, will have to be followed closely. /The world.al