US President Donald Trump on Saturday sent a letter to NATO member states urging them to stop buying Russian oil and to impose significant sanctions on Russia in order to end the war in Ukraine.
"I am ready to impose significant sanctions on Russia when all NATO countries agree and start doing the same and when all NATO members stop buying oil from Russia," Trump announced on the social network.
He also suggested that NATO, as a whole, impose tariffs of between 50 and 100 percent on China to weaken its economic influence on Russia.
Trump has previously threatened sanctions against Moscow and secondary sanctions against countries that buy Russian oil, such as China and India as the main buyers, unless progress is made in ending the war in Ukraine.
The president imposed additional 25 percent tariffs on Indian goods due to continued imports of Russian oil, but did not take similar action against China.
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