Biden assured Poroshenko in obgovarivaju the US and the EU new sanctions against Russia
Vice-President of the USA Joseph Biden during a telephone conversation assured Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko that Washington and Brussels to discuss the possibility of imposing new sanctions on the Russian capital. " The Vice President told President Poroshenko about the fact that North America is involved in discussions with European leaders on the issue of the establishment of rates for the Russian Federation in connection with the continuing escalation of the conflict with her hand, " - said in the report of the White house, ITAR-TASS reported. The document also notes that the parties discussed as if " continued from Russia separatists (in the U.S. called militia - approx. OPINION) and the apparent escalation of the confrontation in the last days." Poroshenko informed about the efforts of Ukraine on preparation of the tripartite meeting of the contact group with the separatists under the auspices of the OSCE ", - stated in the White house. A telephone conversation Biden and Poroshenko took place in early unplanned summit of heads of state and governments of the EU States, which opens on Wednesday in Brussels. As expected, in the centre of attention of participants of the summit will be the Ukrainian crisis and, for example, the desirability of introducing new sanctions against Russia. First of Kyiv assured that German Chancellor Angela Merkel in a telephone conversation with Poroshenko has promised that Ukraine will receive support from the European Council at the meeting on Wednesday. Recall, in March the West, not recognizing the unification of Russia and Crimea, has imposed punishment on a number of Russian politicians and businessmen. USA on April 28 in connection with the situation in Ukraine was included in the sanctions list of the 7 Russian nationals and 17 organizations, widening it to almost 50 politicians and entrepreneurs from Russia and Ukraine. The European Union has extended sanctions list of Russian citizens for another fifteen, and later at 13 people, to 61 people. The President of the Russian Federation centuries Putin, head of Russian Foreign Minister S. Lavrov Century, and the majority of officials, deputies and large Authorized business many times emphasized that entered against Russia punishment from the US and the EU will hit boomerangs by the initiators of these restrictions.