enforce the american sanctions regime that is but it been put in place all differences aside pompei o did reaffirm that germany nevertheless remains an important ally of the u.s. . for more i m joined by chief political correspondent milind a crane melinda both sides emphasize the importance of the german american friendship but there are a major policy differences between these 2 countries on the how deep to the rifts between washington and belin. the differences are very deep i m not sure i would term this a rift at the moment but any one of these differences can become a. greater division just starting with the main topic on the agenda today namely iran you heard both sides saying as the report pointed out that their goals are the same the goals being to contain iran to stop iran from getting a nuclear weapon and to limit iran s ability to support terrorism and terrorists
enforce the american sanctions regime that is but it been put in place all differences aside pompei o did reaffirm that germany nevertheless remains an important ally of the us do you ever use chief political correspondent melinda crane is following this story for us high melinda on the surface here it looks like 2 allies meeting but if you look not very far below the surface you see a whole host of disagreement some turmoil tell us more about how you perceive this meeting. well in fact we heard a lot of professions of friendship and partnership statements about how very very important transatlantic ties are but as you said once you dig deeper the devil is in the details and particularly on the question of iran it is quite evident that they may agree on the broad goal of trying to keep iran from getting nuclear weapons and trying to limit iran s support for terrorism and also its ballistic