NATO has made it a condition that Trump stop buying Russian oil to impose new sanctions on Moscow
Likewise, the US president has urged allies to impose 100% tariffs on China to take advantage of the Asian country's influence on Russia and end the war.
Donald Trump, President of the United States.
The President of the United States,Donald Trump, has askedall NATO countries to stop buying Russian oil on Saturday, otherwise he will not impose new sanctions on Mosku.
In a letter sent to NATO members, Trump has stressed that he is "ready to impose high sanctions on Russia when all NATO nations begin to do the same, and everyone stops buying oil from Russia . "
Turkey, Hungaryand Slovakiacontinue to import Russian oil, but most European countries stopped doing so after the warin Ukraine began .
Trump has stated in his letter that the purchase of Russian oil by NATO members "greatly weakens their negotiating position and ability to negotiate with Russia. "
It has also called for the allies to impose 100% tariffs on China to take advantage of the Asian country's influence on Russia toendthe war.
"If NATO does what I say, the war will end quickly and all those lives will be saved, otherwise my time and America's energy and money will be wasted, "Trump added.
The letter from the President of the United Statescomes at a time of great tension, after 19 Russian drones broke Polish airspace this week . In any case, these drones were shot down by Polish defence systems with the help of some NATO countries.You might like
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