“What we need today in Europe and in the world towards Russia is a tightening of sanctions, which are meant to lead to weakening the Russian Federation”, Nawrocki told Polsat News.
Trump said last week he had agreed with Russian President Vladimir Putin on imports of almost 5,000 tonnes of Russian diesel into the United States and other countries over the next few months. The arrangement would also suspend sanctions on Russian fuel until April 2027.
The move angered lawmakers in the US Congress, which only in September passed a law, later signed by Trump, requiring sanctions and extra tariffs on countries that import Russian oil, fuel and gas. Some commentators say the deal also breaches a 2022 law banning Russian fuel imports, which Trump could lift only by certifying that the war in Ukraine had ended.
Nawrocki said he had pressed the same position in talks with European leaders and with Trump, arguing that only economic or deterrent military strength, not aggressive, could influence Putin’s government.
“Regardless of who takes decisions to ease sanctions or soften policy towards the Russian Federation, I will be critical of it”, he said.
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Source: PAP