The White House said on Friday in its statement that President of the United States Barack Obama decreed to extend earlier imposed sanctions against Russia over the ongoing developments in Ukraine for another year starting in March.
The statement said quoting the US leader that Russia’s alleged involvement in developments in Ukraine since the spring of 2014 “continue to pose an unusual and extraordinary threat to the national security and foreign policy of the United States.”
A total of three US presidential executive orders were issued in regard to Russia over the issue of Crimea’s reunification with Russia.
The ensuing sanctions on behalf of the United States hit a number of Russian state officials, including leaders of the Donetsk and Lugansk People’s Republics.
Trump told the Wall Street Journal in an interview published on Saturday that he might change course if Moscow cooperated with Washington, especially on fighting Islamic extremism: “If you get along and if Russia is really helping us, why would anybody have sanctions if somebody’s doing some really great things?”
In the interview, Trump said he was willing to meet Putin after taking office: “I understand that they would like to meet, and that’s absolutely fine with me,” he said.
Trump also said he would not commit to the “One China” stance before Beijing showed progress on its trade and currency policy.
“Everything is under negotiation, including One China,” he said.
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