US Threatens to Expand Anti-Russia Sanctions to Enforce Minsk Accords
SputnikNews.com
21.07.2015
The United States is prepared to expand the sanctions against Russia if Moscow does not fulfil the Minsk accords, however, no new measures will be introduced at present, a senior US administration official told Sputnik.
WASHINGTON (Sputnik) — Western powers extended the sanctions against Russia in June 2015 for additional six months.
“We have no new US actions to announce at this time, but we and our international partners are prepared to increase the costs for Russia should its actions so require,” the official stated on Monday in commenting the reports that Washington is preparing to “starve off” Russia’s access to Western credit.
On Saturday, The Times of London reported that senior US officials have drafted proposals to further close off credit for Russia if Moscow fails to fulfill its Minsk agreements’ commitments.
“As G-7 [Group of Seven] leaders made clear at the Summit in Schloss Elmau in June, we and our G-7 allies remain committed to maintaining pressure on Russia to fulfill its Minsk obligations.”
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