Barack Obama
President Barack Obama urged his successor Donald trump to cooperate with Russia, but to stand up to her if necessary. About this American leader said during a visit to Germany, his words are reports Reuters.
“Work with Russia to our advantage if we want to solve many important problems of the world. I hope that the President-elect will be equally constructive work with Russia and look for areas of cooperation where our interests coincide,” said Obama.
He noted that trump has to be ready to confront Russia in the spheres in which Moscow is moving away from American values and international law.
Obama explained this with an example. In his opinion, the sanctions against Russia because of the situation in the South-East of Ukraine should be preserved as long as Moscow does not fulfill the conditions of the Minsk agreements.
The U.S. leader also called the German Chancellor Angela Merkel as its possibly the closest partner on the international arena, and expressed confidence in the necessity of free trade between the two countries.
Obama is doing his last tour as President on Friday, November 18, he needs to go to Peru for a summit of ASEAN.