U.S. Treasury Secretary Jacob Lew said on Sept. 21 that he expects Russia to take steps toward resolving the conflict in eastern Ukraine before the G20 summit in Australia in November.
“I think what’s clear is that the goal between now and November is
for this to be resolved so that these issues are on a path towards
improvement, and it is quite a way from now until November,” U.S. media
quoted Lew as saying.
In his opinion, the Russian side should start working” on a
diplomatic basis so that Ukraine can get back to the business of healing
itself and growing its economy.”
Lew said that the United States and Europe were ready to continue to
cooperate in the issue of sanctions against Russia “as long as Russia
continues to threaten Ukraine’s sovereignty, to participate directly or
indirectly in the military actions there.”
