Obama and EU leaders will discuss the extension of sanctions against Russia – Reuters
Obama and EU leaders will discuss the extension of sanctions against Russia – Reuters
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Policy should prevent a situation where EU prolongs sanctions, and then trump will take them off.
European leaders and U.S. President Barack Obama will discuss on Friday, November 18, the question of the extension of sanctions against Russia for its interference in Ukrainian Affairs and possible new sanctions for bombing in Syria.
About it reports Reuters, citing a number of sources.
Meeting in Berlin organised by Chancellor Angela Merkel. It will also be attended by the leaders of Britain, France, Italy and Spain.
One German official said that the agenda of the meeting envisages negotiation in the coming weeks, the issue of extending sanctions of the EU against Russia, which expire at the end of January 2017. “We are in a very critical situation, said the German official. — We must prevent a situation where EU prolongs sanctions, and then the new US President comes in and shoots them.”
Because of trump, who spoke in favor of normalizing relations with Russia, European leaders there is a fear that Washington’s policy after the accession of a Republican in office January 20, will differ from the policies of the Obama administration.
In this regard, as noted, Europe is waiting for clarity from Obama, who met with trump in the White house last week.
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We will remind that earlier the President of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko on the phone and talked to the Vice-President of the USA Joseph Biden.
Petro Poroshenko and Joseph Biden discussed the importance of coordinating efforts to ensure the implementation of Russia’s obligations under the Minsk agreements and conservation policies of the international sanctions against Russia until full recovery of the sovereignty and territorial integrity of Ukraine.
The interlocutors also paid attention to the continued support of reforms in Ukraine, which began to yield tangible results.
Sanctions against Russia, the United States will be removed only after the return of the Crimea – Obama
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Barack Obama, who is now in Greece said, to lift restrictions against Russia, U.S. will agree only after Russia will return Ukraine annexed the Peninsula. About the occupation of Crimea and aggression in the East, said on the eve of NATO.