US vows more sanctions after Russia unites with Crimea
18 March 2014, 22:04 -- The White House vowed on Tuesday to level more sanctions against Russia for its moves to unify with the Crimea.
'We condemn Russia's moves', White House spokesman Jay Carney said, noting that there had already been sanctions designations against Russian officials.
'There are more to come,' he warned.
Carney said Obama spoke by telephone with German Chancellor Angela Merkel on the next steps to take on Crimea and how to support Ukraine.
Earlier, Obama called for a G7 summit next week in the Hague to discuss the escalating showdown over Russia's annexation of Crime.
'The United States and the other members of the G7 have already suspended our preparations for the G8 Summit in Sochi,' said National Security Council spokeswoman Caitlin Hayden.
'Today President Obama invited his counterparts from Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the United Kingdom, and the EU to a meeting of G7 leaders next week on the margins of the Nuclear Security Summit in The Hague.
'The meeting will focus on the situation in Ukraine and further steps that the G7 may take to respond to developments and to support Ukraine.'
Voice of Russia, AFP
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