NEW YORK, 16 Dec. /Offset. TASS Ivan sawyers/. Former Georgia Congressman Jack Kingston, who is one of the assistants elected President of the USA of Donald trump, believes that the new American administration should seriously consider the possibility of lifting sanctions against Russia. This ex-Congressman said in an interview with broadcaster CNN, which aired on Thursday.
As he emphasized, “the new administration has the opportunity to see with new eyes” at the key themes in the relationship between the US and Russia. Responding to a question about whether, in his opinion, to lift the sanctions against the Russian Federation, Kingston voted in favor of the fact that “the new administration drew attention to it and asked myself, did they achieve the desired result.” “I think most would say that the results were at best mixed”, he added. “I don’t think we can say that sanctions brought the results hoped for,” he said.
As noted by Kingston, the US should “maintain good relations with the world’s largest countries, whose economies are among the biggest”. The former Congressman added that the US “do not notice many things that makes China and other countries that are us trading partners.” Assistant trump stressed that “at a time when the Americans are doing business in Russia at $ 50 billion, would preserve opportunities for good communication with the Russians.”
“Some of the rhetoric in Washington may not be as productive as someone thinks – said the former legislator. We need to be engaged with Syria, Ukraine, these are all very important topics. However, you need to maintain a relationship in business when you solved these military questions.”
according to CNN, Kingston recently visited Moscow where he discussed with representatives of the Russian and American business the possibility of lifting sanctions against Russia. Meetings with officials of Russia, or the US diplomats he never had.
During his stay in the Russian capital Kingston talked to the journalists of the Public radio USA (NPR). “Trump may reconsider sanctions. They acted long enough” – leads NPR his words.
the Former Congressman also said that trump “is not obliged to follow the foreign policy of Obama” and can “turn over a new leaf” in relations between the US and Russia. The transition headquarters trump have not yet submitted comments on this matter on request TASS. During the presidential race in the United States, culminating in the victory trump, Kingston was the official representative of the Republican.
the United States began to impose sanctions against Russia in connection with events in Ukraine and the reunification of the Crimea with Russia in March 2014. Under their action were a number of Russian banks and companies, as well as civil servants are prohibited “the export of American goods, technologies and services to Crimea.” American investments on the Peninsula, too, were outside the law.
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