"War will end in 60 or 90 days": Trump has voiced a condition that depends on Europe

To spread: Washington stated that they were not going to "move forward" without more active participation in Europe. US Finance Minister Scott Bessent accused Europeans of financing the conflict in their own region and put an end for additional duties for China through the purchase of Russian oil. The US official stated that Europe should play a more active role in reducing Russia's income from oil and peaceful process.

He assured that the Donald Trump administration would not impose additional duties on DPRK goods, if initially their own high duties against China and India would not impose Europeans. This is known from an interview with Reuters and Bloomberg, published on September 15. "We expect Europeans to fulfill their part of the agreement, and we will not move forward without them," the minister emphasized.

He stressed that Trump calls for European countries to impose duties from 50% to 100% to reduce the revenues of the Russian Federation. At the same time, the position of the Chinese side, according to him, is that the purchase of oil is a "sovereign question. " Bessent has criticized some European countries for buying Russian oil or other petroleum products processed in India from Russian raw materials. He stressed that these states help the financing of war in their own region.

"I guarantee you that if Europe is introducing significant secondary tariffs for Russian oil buyers, the war will end in 60 or 90 days," the Bessent said, explaining this with the deprivation of the Kremlin of the main source of income. The US Minister reported "significant progress" in negotiations with India due to the introduced duties and announced the next round on September 17.

He also assured that Washington is ready to cooperate with Europe to consider more rigid sanctions against Russian companies, including Rosneft and Lukoil oil giants. In addition, the United States is ready to cooperate to prepare for the wider use of frozen Russian assets. The official added that you can first confiscate a small part of $ 300 billion or place funds in a special structure that could serve as a pledge for granting a loan.