France and the United States are pushing to increase sanctions against Russia. In last night’s meeting, the French Minister of Foreign Affairs, Jean-Yves Le Drian, and his American counterpart, Antony Blinken, stressed the need to continue tightening sanctions against Moscow.
The two ministers also agreed on the importance of very close coordination on the issue of food security, in the context of supply restrictions caused by the conflict.
Finally, France and the United States discussed the preparation of the meetings this Thursday in Brussels of the Heads of State and Government of NATO and the G7, as well as the participation of the American president in the European Council, “which will mark transatlantic unity and close coordination. between NATO and the European Union “, reads the statement issued by the French ministry.
The French minister also spoke of the urgency of concluding the discussions on the Vienna agreement on the Iranian nuclear issue without delay.