Trump administration drafts decree to lift sanctions against Russia

By Azernews

By Nigar Eyvazova

The administration of U.S. President Donald Trump is preparing a decree on lifting of sanctions against Russia, wrote a senior researcher of the analytical center Atlantic Council Fabrice Potier.

“DC sources say that, an executive order to lift Russian sanctions has already ready in Trump`s administration,” Pottier writes, recalling that talks between Moscow, Berlin and Washington are scheduled for Saturday.

Editor of U.S.-based Politico Susan Glasser also mentioned that the executive order was said to be ready.

"Hearing Trump world has [the] text of [an] order floating around to ease Russia sanctions," she tweeted.

But, The Kremlin is not aware of the possible plans of the Trump administration to lift sanctions against Russia.

“This information is impersonal. I don’t know whether it is true,” said Dmitry Peskov, the press Secretary of the Russian President to journalists.

He said the conversation Putin and Trump will be held closer to the evening Moscow time. There will be exchange of views on the basic parameters of the current state of bilateral relations, said Peskov.

Relations between Russia and the West countries have deteriorated in 2014 in connection with the situation in Ukraine.

A number of countries, including the U.S., applied sanctions against individuals, businesses and officials from Russia. Russia has responded with sanctions against a number of countries, including a total ban on food imports from the EU, United States, Norway, Canada and Australia.

Trump has repeatedly vowed to have better relations with Russia.

After Trump’s victory in the election, Putin called for a new era of “fully fledged relations” between Russia and the United States.

 “We understand that it will not be an easy path given the current state of degradation in the relations,” Putin said at the Kremlin. “And as I have repeatedly said, it’s not our fault that Russian-American relations are in such a poor state. But Russia wants and is ready to restore fully fledged relations with the United States.”