“They had to offer to pay in cash to supply their fuel aircraft.” Questioned by NBC about the future of Western sanctions against Russia, after the summit in Alaska between Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin, the United States Secretary of State, Marco Rubio, said that all sanctions were taken on Sunday, August 17.
Marco Rubio illustrated his point by saying that the airplanes of the Russian delegation had to pay in cash to refuel in Alaska, “because they cannot use our banking system.”
Sanctions against Russia maintained
The Secretary of State still criticized Western sanctions, which, according to him, “did not change the course of war” in Ukraine.
And this, while Donald Trump has chosen a new approach than that of the sanctions when meeting with Vladimir Putin. An unprecedented summit that has not allowed significant advances, even if the Russian president said “wanting to open the path for peace in Ukraine” after his exchange with his US counterpart. The Kremlin teacher said, in an unprecedented statement since the beginning of the conflict, that “the security of Ukraine must be guaranteed.”
Vladimir Putin talked about a “constructive” and “respectful” meeting. Terms approved by Donald Trump, who welcomed “a very constructive meeting.”
Downloaded from this summit, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky called Donald Trump to establish “Paz by force”, while knowing several European leaders, as well as the US president in Washington, this Monday, August 18.
Source: BFM TV
