White House: Trump won’t be pleased if it turns out that Russia is supplying Iran with intelligence!
US President Donald Trump won’t be pleased if it turns out that Russia is providing Iran with intelligence in the Middle East war, the White House said Tuesday, while avoiding sharp criticism of Moscow.
According to media reports, Moscow had provided Iran with sensitive intelligence, including the locations of US warships and aircraft in the region.
However, Washington’s comment on the information was reserved, and Trump said Monday that his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin wanted to play a useful role on the Middle East conflict line, despite stressing to Iran’s new Supreme Leader Russia’s unwavering support for Tehran.
Washington has lifted some sanctions on Russian oil after crude prices rose sharply on the back of the war in the Middle East.
The sanctions were originally imposed to dry up sources of funding for Russia’s war on Ukraine.
White House spokeswoman Karoline Leavitt said at a press briefing: “The president and his special envoy Steve Witkoff both said they had sent a message to Russia that if this is indeed happening, this is something they wouldn’t be happy about, and they expressed their hope that this isn’t what is happening”.
The White House said Trump’s decision to exempt India from sanctions on Russian oil purchases was because New Delhi had previously complied with US sanctions.
“In our quest to fill this temporary shortage of oil supplies around the world because of the Iranians, we have temporarily allowed them (India) to receive Russian oil,” Leavitt said.
“We don’t believe that this short-term measure will bring much financial benefit to the Russian government,” she added.
On this regard, Trump said that he had a phone call with Putin, and it was positive, saying: “We had a very good conversation, and he wants to be very constructive”.
