ABC TV's 'This Week': Tillerson says 'there is no reason to be lifting sanctions' on Russia - Apr. 09, 2017

ABC TV’s ‘This Week’: Tillerson says ‘there is no reason to be lifting sanctions’ on Russia

Published April 9, 2017 at 8:27 pm

WEST PALM BEACH, FL - APRIL 6: U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson and his wife Renda St. Clair look on as Chinese President Xi Jinping prepares to leave after arriving at Palm Beach International Airport April 6, 2017 in West Palm Beach, Florida. President Xi is in Florida to meet with President Donald Trump to discuss a range of sensitive issues including trade and North Korea at Trump's Mar-a-Lago retreat. Joe Raedle/Getty Images/AFP

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Editor’s Note: The following is a transcript of the ABC-TV News program “This Week with George Stephanopoulos on April 9.

Read the transcript here

Here’s a key excerpt from an interview with U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson:

STEPHANOPOULOS: And U.S. sanctions will remain in place?

TILLERSON: There is no reason to be lifting sanctions, George. The reason the sanctions were put in place continue to exist. There’s been no change of the status of the situation in Ukraine or Crimea. And those sanctions will remain in place until those issues are addressed.