India News: Two senior US Treasury officials, Eric Van Nostrand and Anna Morris, visit India to discuss the Phase 2 of the Russian oil price cap. The cap aims to
sometimes we didn t agree. often we disagreed, but it was important to keep the communication channels open. then, certain occasions, crimea, ukraine aggression, we imposed sanctions on russia. but even more important, i think, we stressed the importance of building up the democratic resilience of our respective societies. that is the biggest deterrent to aggression. that you have the democratic support of the respective countries, be that ukraine or be that whatever other country it could be. diplomacy, absolutely essential. diplomacy, absolutely. but we ve heard also from the americans in particular, a range of financial, political and economic sanctions which could be implemented if you don t make progress on the talks. so a point on that, then, carl bildt? that s not something we want. we want. i think i can speakfor. who is we, then? the europeans? we europeans. because you need
channels open. then, certain occasions, crimea, ukraine aggression, we imposed sanctions on russia. but even more important, i think, we stressed the importance of building up the democratic resilience of our respective societies. that is the biggest deterrent to aggression. that you have the democratic support of the respective countries, be that ukraine or be that whatever other country it could be. diplomacy, absolutely essential. diplomacy, absolutely. but we ve heard also from the americans in particular, a range of financial, political and economic sanctions, which could be implemented if you don t make progress on the talks. so a point on that, then, carl bildt? that s not something we want. we want. i think i can speakfor. who is we, then? the europeans? we europeans. because you need russian gas, don t you? that s the reason why you don t want the sanctions.
and apart from the close circle of eu friends there was no one i spent as much time with as with the russian foreign minister. on all sorts of issues. sometimes we didn t agree. often we disagreed, but it was important to keep the communication channels open. then, certain occasions, crimea, ukraine aggression, we imposed sanctions on russia. but even more important, i think, we stressed the importance of building up the democratic resilience of our respective societies. that is the biggest deterrent to aggression. that you have the democratic support of the respective countries, be that ukraine or be that whatever other country it could be. diplomacy, absolutely essential. diplomacy, absolutely. but we ve heard also from the americans in particular, a range of financial, political and economic sanctions which could be implemented if you don t make progress on the talks. so a point on that, then, carl bildt? that s not something we want. we want.
you would argue a global player. no question can be solved without russia. russia has done some nasty things on the global stage, there is no doubt about that. it s not the only country that has ever done nasty things on the global stage. but still, dialogue is important because the stakes are too high. carl bildt? there could be, depends on the circumstances. i mean, of course, there must always be room for diplomacy. i was foreign minister, i think, for eight years, and apart from the close circle of eu friends there was no one i spent as much time with as with the russian foreign minister. on all sorts of issues. sometimes we didn t agree. often we disagreed, but it was important to keep the communication channels open. then, certain occasions, crimea, ukraine aggression, we imposed sanctions on russia. but even more important, i think, we stressed the importance of building up the democratic resilience of our respective societies. that is the biggest