US State Department confirms Trump's readiness to impose new sanctions on Russia
Donald Trump, President of the US (photo: Getty Images)
The US State Department has confirmed its readiness to impose stricter sanctions on Russia, states State Department spokesperson Tammy Bruce.
During a press briefing in Washington, Bruce reminded that the US is not lifting any existing sanctions on Russia and recalled that Trump had already expressed a willingness to impose secondary sanctions if the Kremlin refuses to negotiate peace.
"Clearly, we're not removing any sanctions that currently exist. The president wants in every action that we've taken as a nation to do it diplomatically - he want clearly because of the commitment to it. He also knows that there's another part of the world, a whole globe that needs some attention," said the spokesperson.
Bruce also added that US Secretary of State Marco Rubio had expressed Washington's willingness to mediate peace talks between Ukraine and Russia.
"The nature of how this would change is that we would not we certainly still be committed to it, and we'll help and do what we can, but we are not going to fly around the world at the drop of a hat to mediate meetings that it is now between the two parties. And now is the time that they need to present and develop concrete ideas about how this conflict is going to end. It's going to be up to them," Bruce concluded.
Peace talks and sanctions against Russia
Recently, US Secretary of State Marco Rubio did not rule out the possibility of Washington withdrawing from the peace process if there are no prospects for a swift peace agreement between Ukraine and Russia.
President Trump confirmed this likelihood.
Earlier, a bill was introduced to Congress calling for a significant escalation of sanctions against Russia for its aggressive war against Ukraine.
