Removing sanctions on Russia 'is under consideration'

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January 27, 2017 4:46 PM

President Barack Obama sanctioned Russia in 2014 over its annexation of Crimea and incursion into eastern Ukraine.

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President Donald Trumps senior adviser Kellyanne Conway said Friday that removing US sanctions on Russia "is under consideration" by the administration.

When asked whether lifting the Obama administration's sanctions on Russia would be "on the table" during Trump's planned phone call with Russian President Vladimir Putin on Saturday, Conway said, "All of that is under consideration.

"If another nation with considerable resources wishes to join together with the United States of America to try to defeat and eradicate radical Islamic terrorism, then we're listening," Conway said on "Fox and Friends."

"It's very important to at least have these conversations."

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