The United States welcomes the announced EU additional prohibition on investments in the Crimea, the United States will not impose such punishment at the same time with the Europeans, " said on Thursday the official authorized state Department Jen Psaki.
" The United States welcomes the announced EU additional ban on investment and trade in the Crimea. Crimea is part of Ukraine, and the United States with the partners in the " seven " made it clear that We condemn the Russian occupation of the Crimea, which We do not recognize, " said she.
" We do not stop to consider the set of options to continue to exert pressure on the Russian Federation that it has changed its own policy regarding the Crimea and Ukraine, but I cannot predict when it will happen, " added Psaki.
While the Commissioner of the state Department stressed that the potential punishment is relatively Russia on the issue of Crimea is not Necessarily required to be entered together with the European side.
" Not necessarily that We announce the same sanctions in one day with Europeans. We do not stop to work closely (on sanctions), " said Commissioner of the state Department.
The European Union on Thursday added a ban on the export in the Crimea and in the Crimea items and technologies in the sectors of transport, telecommunications, energy and exploration, production and oil, gas and mineral resources, according to a communiqu? of the Council of the EU. In addition, it is prohibited to provide technical support, service mediation, construction and infrastructure engineering in the same sectors.
Even at the end of July, the EU introduced a package of sanctions against the Crimea, imposing a ban on fresh investments in the areas of transport, telecommunications and energy and the development of oil, gas and mineral deposits. At the same time it was forbidden to export " key equipment " in the same six sectors.
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