The efforts of the Trump administration to ease sanctions against Russia in Finland are considered a step in the wrong direction.
Finland Prime Minister Peteri Orpo said the United States should receive a difficult package of sanctions against Russia soon and not give up on attempts to weaken. He said this in a speech at a National Coalition Party meeting in Helsinki, informing Yle.
“We should force Putin to sit at the negotiation table. We need decisions – and right away,” Orpo emphasized.
Previously a newspaper Wall Street Journal He said Donald Trump’s administration was trying to influence the Republicans, especially Senator Lindsay Graham, to soften the bill. According to the publication, we talk about attempts to change words and add exceptions that really wash away the impact of penalties.
The Prime Minister announced hope that the United States would accept the penalties without the changes: “The faster and the most strict form, the better.”
Orpo also confirmed that the European Union, in part of it, will continue to force Russia: they plan to discuss related issues at the EU Summit.
Separately, he defended the increase in Finland’s defense budget to 5% of the GDP, emphasizing that the government had informed the major parliamentary committees and held the initial consultation with all parties.
Earlier, Democrat Richard Blmental and Republican Lindsay Graham called for sanctions against Russia after negotiating the ceasefire between Russia and Ukraine, held in Turkey on May 16, had no significant development. By the end of May, Graham said the bill would already have 82 votes in the US Senate, and, if adopted, would be Russia on a trade island.
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