(CNN)French President Emmanuel Macron and US President Donald Trump have indicated they want to aim for a new deal to curb Iran's regional ambitions and ballistic missiles program that would run alongside the existing international nuclear pact.
Macron, speaking at a joint news conference Tuesday with Trump while on a state visit to Washington, acknowledged a "disagreement" between them on the 2015 Iran deal, which Trump has criticized harshly and repeatedly threatened to ditch.
But, Macron said, "I think we are overcoming it by deciding to work towards a deal, an overall deal that will enable us to deal with the nuclear issue, but also treat it together with another three issues which were not being dealt with so far."
