Wishful Thinking: Ukrainian FM Reveals US Plan to Step Up ‘Pressure on Russia’
SputnikNews.com
15.05.2017
The United States wants to increase pressure on Russia and participate more actively in the Ukrainian settlement. According to the Ukrainian foreign minister, these issues were discussed during his talks in Washington last week.
On Thursday, Pavlo Klimkin paid a visit to the White House, including speaking with US President Donald Trump and Vice President Mike Pence about the situation in the war-torn Ukrainian region of Donbass.
In an interview with the Ukrainian broadcaster TSN, the minister elaborated on the details on his talks in Washington. In particular, according to Klimkin, he was concerned about the possibility of the US increasing pressure on Russia over the Donbass conflict. In addition to new sanctions, the sides discussed the possibility of sending “new powerful political messages” to Moscow.
Apparently, Kiev expects the issue will be on the agenda during the upcoming NATO summit on May 25 or a G7 meeting on May 26-27. Klimkin said those ideas were “interesting” and added they were aimed at countering the “systemic threat” posed by Russia.
“One of the main political signals is the real intention to be engaged in mounting pressure on Russia. There are some very interesting ideas,” Klimkin said, commenting on the conversation with Trump.
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