Meeting between French Minister Barrot and Lindsey Graham on sanctions against Putin

"In a few minutes I will meet with US Senator Lindsey Graham to discuss his package of sanctions on which we want to base ourselves to add European deterrent sanctions to this US package with a single goal, which is to convince Vladimir Putin to cease fire and start peace negotiations." He told Antalya, French Minister for European Affairs Jean-Noel Barrot. The sanctions "will include sanctions on oil and financial institutions," he added.

PORTRAIT. Courted by Europe, Republican Senator Lindsey Graham is now the key to the success of a policy of economic sanctions against Russia.

These statements come before the Foreign Minister's Thursday meeting with U.S. Senator Lindsey Graham in Turkey, where Ukrainian President Volodimir Zelenski will also travel, in the hope of a three-way meeting with his peers, Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin.

Close to President Donald Trump, Senator Lindsey Graham is carrying out a bill to punish Russia in the event of failure of negotiations with Russia.