The Iran nuclear agreement showed that Moscow and Washington are capable of working together efficiently, and the deal can pave the way toward closer cooperation between the countries.

WASHINGTON (Sputnik)�� The negotiations on�Iran nuclear deal indicated that the United States and Russia can cooperate constructively with�each other, Gary Sick, a former adviser on�Iran under�US presidents Gerald Ford, Jimmy Carter and Ronald Reagan, said.

On Tuesday, negotiators from�P5+1 countries�� the United States, Russia, China, France, the United Kingdom and Germany�� reached a final agreement with�Iran ensuring the peaceful nature of�Tehran's nuclear program.

Gary Sick, who is now a professor at�Columbia University with�special expertise on�Iran, told RIA Novosti:
"Obviously, it [US-Russia cooperation] does not apply to�areas where our interests are very different, where we disagree with�each other very strongly, but�it [Iran nuclear deal] does show that at�least in�certain areas we are capable of�cooperation with�each other. And I would like�to see that as�a positive sign and perhaps as�an indicator of�where we might go in�the future."


He stressed that both the United States and Russia have played a very constructive role in�the entire negotiating process on�the Iran deal.
"I think Russia was absolutely crucial to�the agreement. I think if Russia had wanted to�sabotage the agreement, they could have done so, almost any time. And instead they did not, they actually worked with�the United States and other partners."


Relations between�Moscow and Washington deteriorated significantly in�2014 over�the Ukraine crisis after�US authorities accused Russia of�participation in�the Donbass conflict, an ungrounded claim which Moscow has firmly denied.

By Sputnik