"Depends on the end of the war": Rubio confirmed the requirement of the Russian Federation to remove certain EU sanctions (video)
The compliance of the requirements depends on the decision of the European Union to abolish some of the sanctions against Russia. Rubio said about a possible change in the architecture of Subio sanctions during a press conference with Prime Minister Jamaica Andrew Holness, which was broadcast by Reuters. Rubio summed up the results of the two-day negotiations of the US delegation, which in Riyadh had two meetings with Ukrainians and one with the Russians.
According to him, it was possible to obtain a "fundamental agreement on the Black Sea. " The "two things" that have been achieved in Washington are the energy and Black Sea ceasefire (CEASEFIRE). In this case, the Kremlin has requirements related to the abolition of sanctions, heard during a press conference. "After our meeting, the Russians described a number of conditions they want to see for this. So we are going to evaluate it. Some of these conditions include sanctions that are not ours.
They belong to the European Union," Rubio confirmed. Today, the White House is expected to return American managers and find out from them, "what is the Russian position or what they are asking for exchange," the Secretary of State explained. Further proposals of the Russian Federation, as well as Ukraine, will consider President Donald Trump and will make the appropriate decision.
The official also mentioned the system of sanctions imposed during a three -year invasion of the Russian Federation into Ukraine. He specified that sanctions are related to the end of the war. "You know many systems of sanctions created around the world. This should be viewed as part of the final cessation of conflict. There are many things to work on," the White House Topline said.
It should be noted that after the negotiations in Riyadh, which took place on March 23-25, the White House, as well as the Kremlin, published the results of the meeting. The results are a truce in Ukraine: the blows on the energy and the Black Sea will stop. According to President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky, the list of ceasefire conditions consists of five points, the latter of which differs in Ukrainians and Russians.
The Ukrainians demanded the return of prisoners and abducted military and civilians. At the same time, the Russians demanded permission to work Rosselghopbank and connect it to the SWIFT bank payment system. SWIFT is a Society for Worldwide Interbank Financial Telecommunications), that is, a system of international bank transfers guided by Belgium.
The Russian Federation was disconnected from the system through the imposition of EU sanctions and after that the Russians lost the opportunity to carry out transactions with Western banks. We would like to remind you that on March 25, US President Donald Trump told about the possibility of canceling sanctions against Russia to achieve a truce. Meanwhile, NYT reported the intention of EU countries to seek approaches to Washington, which continues to remain under a "nuclear umbrella".