As I type this President Obama and Prime Minister Cameron are doing a press conference …..
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While the media has reported that Putin has been dis-invited from things due to the Ukraine continual actions is not COMPLETELY true…
Putin was not at the G-7 meeting, which was moved from Sochi, Russia…..
But the President made clear that he WILL keep talking to Russian President Putin….
(French and British leaders will hold meetings with Putin)
Europe has been a bit worried about going with more sanctions….(Obama is working on targeting different sector’s of the Russian economy, which he has emphasized several times is slowing )
So Obama has to keep trying working Putin for economic reasons concerning European trade and energy continuance …..
The new goal for the West is to get Russia to stop supporting the pro-Russian militia’s….
Discussion at Group of Seven meetings Thursday in Brussels was dominated by the former member absent for the first time in 17 years.
The meeting of heads of state from the world’s top economies had originally been scheduled for Sochi, but earlier this year the G-7 moved to expel Russia over its aggression in Crimea.
While Vladimir Putin was personally missing, talks largely centered around the question of how to compel the Russian leader to deescalate an increasingly bloody conflict in Ukraine.
In a statement issued late Wednesday night, G-7 leaders declared they stood “ready to intensify targeted sanctions and to implement significant additional restrictive measures to impose further costs on Russia should events so require.”
The leaders also urged the Kremlin to recognize the results of Ukraine’s recent presidential election, complete the withdrawal of its military forces along the border, and call on separatists in eastern and southern regions of the country to put down their arms.
“We are united in condemning the Russian Federation’s continuing violation of the sovereignty and territorial integrity of Ukraine,” the leaders said.
“We’ll have to evaluate going forward, what are the triggers for different types of sanctions,” deputy national security adviser Ben Rhodes said Wednesday. “That would be reviewing whether or not Russia is continuing to destabilize Eastern Ukraine and whether or not Russia is continuing to support separatist groups.”
At least three top G-7 leaders will meet with Putin in the coming days in a bid to reinforce that message.
Note….
President Obama has also made very clear that he makes….’No Apologizes for getting Bergdahl back’…..
He repeated that a second time mentioning that for the American military…The deal is we bring our soldiers home….And that trade ‘for prisoners of war has been done since the beginning of the republic.’….
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