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And europe is divided. so it has to be that the stewardship of this comes from washington and i think there is broad recognition that is what is happening. emmanuel macron has suggested the e.u. should have sideline talks or have its own talks with moscow and that is been taken into something as a snub but i think this is what the french president would suggest. the real stumbling block in europe at the moment is the divisions within the european union countries and the nato members and that is ...

Upset by it. reporters when asked about it, mr. trumped answered with a clipped no comment. >> cnns international diplomatic ed tort nic robertson is live this hour in southern france. he joins us now. so, nic, the big question has to be, what were the french hoping to achieve by inviting irans foreign minister to the g7 summit for those sideline talks? what was their intent exactly? >> reporter: well, i think if we sort of look at this from the perspective -- from the broad perspective, if your...

Getting worse, although zarifs visit could open the door to possible sideline talks. >> hassan rouhani said hes willing to hold talks with the united states, but theres one big condition. >> translator: we are always ready for negotiations. this -- in this very hour, in this moment, we are ready for talks, provided that you stop your act of aggression, stop your sanctions and return to the negotiation table and return to logic. >> mr. rouhani says that because the trump administration abandoned ...