U.S. policy towards Crimea remains unchanged, a senior U.S. State Department official has said while commenting on reports in the media that U.S. President Donald Trump considers the peninsula to be Russian.
“We’ve reiterated that our Crimea policy remains. We support Ukraine’s territorial integrity within its internationally recognized borders, and our Crimea policy remains unchanged,” the official said during a special briefing via teleconference.
According to him, U.S. sanctions against Russia on Crimea “will remain in place until Russia ends its occupation and returns Crimea to Ukraine.”
Earlier, U.S. portal Buzzfeed, referring to two diplomatic sources, reported that U.S. President Donald Trump told other world leaders during the G7 summit in Canada that he considers Crimea to be part of Russia because all people living there speak Russian.
