US President Donald Trump's request to NATO countries to introduce tasks against Russian oil buyers can divide the Western bloc, such a prediction was made by Washington Post.
According to the publication, the proposal of the US leader, voiced in social networks, does not seem to receive the support of allies. Türkiye, one of the largest Russian oil buyers, continues to maintain relationships with Russia. Hungary and Slovakia also seek to protect their economy from the consequences of giving up Russian raw materials.
The European Union emphasized that the introduction of tariffs on China to India will be an extremely difficult step, because most leaders are committed to free trade principles and criticizing Trump Trump's tariff policy as sabotage, document notes.
Some European politicians expressed concern that such statements of the US leader could only be an excuse for the United States' actions and the irregular Washington's will to apply sanctions against Russia.
Earlier, Trump said that he would come to the introduction of serious sanctions on Moscow, if all members of the North Atlantic Union would do the same. In addition, he emphasized that the introduction of limitations will occur when the countries of the military political bloc will stop buying Russian oil.