(MENAFN- QNA) US President Barack Obama will sign legislation authorizing tough new sanctions on Russia for its actions in Ukraine, the White House said.
The measure approved by Congress over the weekend would authorize lethal aid to Ukraine's military and tougher sanctions against Russian energy companies, but would give the president leeway in whether or not to implement the sanctions.
Spokesman Josh Earnest said Obama will sign the bill into law despite concerns it does not reflect ongoing consultations with allies about sanctions. He however praises the bill for providing Obama with "flexibility" in puting new sanctions in place.
"Typically, the kinds of consultations that we've had, that have allowed for the successful implementation of the strategy, have allowed us to have private conversations with our European allies about our strategies and next steps forward," he said. "This obviously is a rather public airing of other elements of our strategy that we would prefer not to have."
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