Trump sets Russia period: White House prepares summits with Putin
Trump sets Russia period: White House prepares summits with Putin
President Donald Trumps to end the war in Ukraine or to be punished with severe economic sanctions, expires on Friday. However, it remains unclear how he in view of the New efforts with Wladimir Putin and delicate trade negotiations with China is further processed.
new sanctions in view
Trump announced this week to impose new sanctions against Russia, but expressed doubts about its effectiveness. The White House announced on Wednesday that it continued to impose "secondary sanctions" to countries that continue to buy Russian energy.
uncertainty about the deadline
on Thursday - after preparing for a personal meeting with Putin - he was less binding. "It is up to him," said Trump when he was asked whether his deadline still applies and whether the new measures would take effect.
complex negotiations with Russia
The difficulties of imposing new sanctions against Moscow, while a possible dialogue with Putin is being prepared, illustrate uncertainty in terms of war in Ukraine. Trump is careful not to give the impression of being held by Putin, with which he expresses increasing frustration and which he accuses of duplicity.
peace negotiations in focus
Nevertheless, he strives to reach a peace treaty and seems open to meet the Russian guide personally. US officials indicated on Thursday that nothing had been finalized-including the format, the date or the place for the discussions.
delayed sanctions
In the past, Trump was hesitant to impose new sanctions against Moscow, for fear of continuing to keep Putin from negotiations. His renewed threat to impose sanctions against Russia and buyers of Russian energy, this week was the most serious approach to new measures. So he announced that to be considered a punishment for the import of Russian oil.
alternative strategies and international conversations
President Trump also consider other options, including the control of the outdated tankers, which forms Russia's “shadow fleet”, which is used to avoid existing western sanctions. Officials have also looked for ways to intensify the enforcement of existing sanctions against Russia.
concern among European leaders
Some European officials, on the other hand, pretend that a summit was just another attempt by Putin to extend the war and at the same time avoid new US sanctions. Several European leaders spent Thursday on the phone with the Ukrainian President Wolodymyr Selenskyj to discuss how to deal with the new diplomatic efforts.
planned conversations with Putin
Trump has spoken frustrated about Putin in the past few days and does not rule out new economic measures. Nevertheless, he commissioned his team to promote preparations for a potential summit. American officials work on logistics and political preparations for a meeting that was called both by the White House and the Kremlin as next week.
The role of the United Arab Emirates
The Kremlin took up the view of the summit on Thursday and explained that they had made the planning for talks. Putin even brought a possible location, the United Arab Emirates, although no event location has been set.
trilateral meeting aimed at
The idea for a meeting came about during a conversation on Wednesday between Putin and Trump's special envoy Steve Witkoff. The Kremlin reported that it was Trump's idea while the White House stated that it came from the Russians.
a meeting without preconditions
After a telephone call,Trump informed its intentions for a summit. In this conversation, he emphasized that he wanted to meet Putin, but also wants to speak to both Putin and Selenskyj in a trilateral format, so sources that are familiar with the phone call. A day later, Trump explained that he did not want to build the summit with Putin by the fact that the Russian president also hit the Ukrainian leader.
reactions to the sanctions
"No, he doesn't have to," Trump said when asked if Putin had to meet Selenskyj so that his own summit could take place. "You want to meet me and I will do anything to stop killing."
planned sanctions against India
he did not rule out the new sanctions that are supported by Republican legislators and welcomed by European leaders. At the same time, he indicated that he wanted to hear what Putin has to say first. "We will see what he has to say," said Trump. "It's up to him. Very disappointing."
international trade relationships and energy imports
Trump's first application of so-called secondary sanctions-his threatened an additional 25%inch on India-will come into force on August 27th. India is the second largest importer of Russian energy products, while with China, Moscow's largest customers, delicate trade talks are held.
progress in negotiations with China
US officials have described significant progress in these discussions. But at the beginning of this week, Trump did not rule out the new secondary sanctions against Beijing, despite the possibility of endangering the trade talks. "One of them could be China," he said. "It could happen. I don't know. I can't tell you yet."
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