US Applies Pressure to States Opposing Anti-Russian Sanctions – Nuland

‘The United States government is applying pressure to European countries that oppose sanctions against Russia, US Assistant Secretary of State for European Affairs Victoria Nuland said at a US Senate hearing on Tuesday.

“We continue to talk to them bilaterally about these issues,” Nuland said of Hungary, Greece, and Cyprus, whose leaders have opposed anti-Russian sanctions. “I will make another trip out to some of those countries in the coming days and weeks.”

Nuland noted that “despite some publically stated concerns, those countries have supported sanctions” in the European Union Council.’

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