Obama: US And Europe United Behind Ukraine

World Leaders Gather For Nuclear Security Summit 2014In an interview with Dutch newspaper de Volkskrant, he added: “The United States does not view Europe as a battleground between East and West, nor do we see the situation in Ukraine as a zero-sum game.

“That’s the kind of thinking that should have ended with the Cold War.”

Washington has imposed sanctions on 31 people in a campaign carefully crafted to target Russian officials with links to President Vladimir Putin without creating a backlash against US businesses.

It has threatened to take further action if Russia does not de-escalate the crisis.

During his meetings in Europe, Mr Obama will seek to isolate Russia while gauging how far the still economically shaky European Union is willing to go in punishing Russia, one of its largest trading partners.

Russia has defied Western sanctions, consolidating its grip of Crimea as Ukrainian forces in the peninsula were ordered to pull out.

Russia’s troop movements have raised fears of further incursions into Ukraine.

The US president also held bilateral talks with with Chinese President Xi Jinpin, in another tricky front in US international relations.

The week-long trip will take Mr Obama to four countries.

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