US Department of State building in Washington DC. File photoWASHINGTON, Aug 19 The United States fears that Russia's designation as a terrorism-supporting state will negatively impact the grain deal, State Department spokesman Jim O'Brien said at a briefing. «We are always aware that Russia will react aggressively,» Jim O'Brien, head of sanctions coordination at the U.S. State Department, said at a briefing on Friday, answering a question about whether the U.S. fears that recognizing Russia as a state sponsor of terrorism will negatively affect the export agreements reached. grains. He confirmed that Washington is «concerned about this» in the context of the grain agreement. 'Brien said that Washington is discussing with Kyiv the imposition of additional sanctions against Russia, as well as «wider discussions are underway on approaches» that, in his opinion, should be comprehensive. «We are in discussions with Congress and Ukraine on the introduction of more and more sanctions against Russia,» O'Brien added.
At the same time, the representative of the State Department did not specify when the US authorities plan to announce a new package of sanctions. Multilateral agreements on lifting restrictions on the supply of Russian products for export and Russia's assistance in the export of Ukrainian grain. The deal, which was signed by representatives of Russia, Turkey, Ukraine and the UN, involves the export of Ukrainian grain, food and fertilizer across the Black Sea from three ports, including Odessa. » />Scenarios of US intervention in the conflict in Ukraine revealed