American Secretary of State Marco Rubio, on Monday, November 9, on his way to Paris to participate in the G7 foreign ministers' meeting, downplayed the possibility of reaching an agreement with the Islamic Republic in the near future and said: "I can't say that we are on the verge of an important development."
Rubio also said leaders sometimes have to pursue unpopular policies because they feel it's the right thing to do.
Reuters cited four G7 diplomats and reported that the group's foreign ministers will examine at a meeting in Paris whether the defeat of the Republicans in the mid-term elections for the US Congress will change the approach of the Donald Trump administration towards its allies of Iran, Ukraine and Washington or not.
Democratic victories may limit the White House's freedom of action, but given Trump's control of US foreign policy, Washington should not be expected to return to traditional multilateralism, diplomats said.