This statement was made during his speech at the University of California in Los Angeles, reports Bloomberg on Twitter.
According to Mnuchin, sanctions are very necessary for the Russian Federation and the US authorities will do everything that they were introduced in the next 30 days. When adopting new sanctions, existing ones will be taken into account.
As previously reported in URA-Inform, the US ambassador to Ukraine, Maria Yovanovitch, said that US sanctions against Russia will continue until the Crimea returns to Ukraine's sovereignty.
According to the ambassador, the Crimea is Ukraine and sanctions related to the Crimea will remain in force until the moment Ukraine takes control of the Crimea.