Germany sticks to Russia sanctions after Trump announcement on diesel
Berlin said it will keep pressing for new European Union sanctions as Moscow and Washington move to ease diesel shortages.
- On Oct 10, Germany announced it will pursue new European sanctions against Russia, maintaining its hardline stance despite the recent US-led fuel developments.
- Trump announced on Oct 9 that Russia agreed to provide over 300,000 Tons of Diesel Fuel to the Global Marketplace, aiming to lower rising US fuel prices ahead of congressional elections.
- Government spokesperson Stefan Kornelius stated Germany remains committed to sanctions against Moscow, saying, "The German government sticks to its measures sanctioning Russia and is working jointly with its European partners on new sanctions."
- Emphasizing unchanged support for Ukraine, Kornelius added that "Diplomatic efforts for a peaceful solution continue" despite Washington temporarily lifting US sanctions on Russian fuel.
- Chancellor Friedrich Merz, who visited Kyiv last weekend, has repeatedly affirmed that Germany, as Ukraine's largest European donor, will not reduce its support for the Kyiv government.
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Even after Trump's diesel deal with Putin, the federal government wants to renounce Russian oil. The Greens accuse the US government of unscrupulousness. The fuel price in Germany is not responding.
The German federal government is maintaining sanctions against Russia and is working with its European partners on further punitive measures after US President Donald Trump announced an agreement on Russian diesel fuel deliveries, German government spokesman Stefan Kornelius said in Berlin on Saturday.
Despite Trump's trade with Putin: diesel from Russia certainly does not go to Germany, the Federal Government has now confirmed. Ukraine's support " remains unbroken", according to government spokesman Kornelius.
Trump's diesel deal is unlikely to change prices with us +++ Merz "deeply outraged" about Schröder at Putin +++ Prien demands party exclusion for CDU MPs +++ The newsblog.
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The German government said on Saturday that it is cooperating on new sanctions against Russia with European countries.
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