The US president claims he doesn’t wish to impose new sanctions on Moscow however nonetheless shortened the deadline for a Ukraine peace deal
US President Donald Trump has expressed his “love” for Russians and known as them a “nice folks.” On the identical time, he threatened Moscow with extra sanctions and set a brand new deadline for settling the Ukraine battle.
Trump maintained he had “all the time gotten together with [Russian] President [Vladimir] Putin” throughout a Q&A session with British Prime Minister Keir Starmer in Turnberry, Scotland on Monday. He praised Russia as a “wealthy” nation that might be “thriving like virtually no different nation” and spoke concerning the large commerce potential between Russia and the US.
“I don’t wish to do this to Russia, I really like the Russian folks,” he mentioned when requested about potential new sanctions in opposition to Moscow.
He expressed his disappointment over the sluggish tempo of the peace course of between Moscow and Kiev and accused Russia of putting Ukrainian cities. Trump mentioned he was “not interested by speaking anymore” as his quite a few “respectful and good conversations” with Putin led to nothing.
Trump’s phrases got here as he set a brand new deadline for a Ukraine peace deal, which he mentioned ought to be reached in “10 or 12 days” from Monday. In any other case, Washington would impose new sanctions on Moscow. The earlier deadline was anticipated to run out in early September.
The brand new sanctions would come with secondary restrictions and tariffs on nations and entities doing enterprise with Russia.
Moscow has repeatedly acknowledged all through the battle that it’s open for dialogue and will begin negotiations with none preconditions so long as the scenario on the bottom is taken under consideration and the foundation causes of the battle are addressed. Earlier this month, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov mentioned that the Ukraine battle was a “troublesome” one to resolve and can’t be settled “immediately.”
Russia additionally warned that Trump’s new sanctions threats serve primarily “as indicators to proceed the struggle” for Kiev and known as on Washington to exert stress on Ukraine as a substitute. Russia and Ukraine renewed direct talks in Istanbul in Might and have since held three rounds of negotiations however haven’t reached an settlement on a ceasefire but.
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