Sentence examples for soften sanctions from inspiring English sources

During the Bush administration, China and Russia worked to soften sanctions against Iran during negotiations in the Security Council.

Nor, they concede, has the humanitarian scheme that was designed to soften sanctions done as much good as had been hoped.The embargo was imposed by the Security Council when the Iraqi army occupied Kuwait in 1990.

In the United States, Harry Reid, the Senate majority leader, said a measure to soften sanctions against Cuba, which has already passed in the House, could pass his chamber, too.

With the US Congress exercised about China's growing military might, the ink on the Iran nuclear deal barely dry, and the French suspect in US eyes for wanting to soften sanctions against Russia, there is plenty to disagree about.

"It would be advantageous for the EU to soften sanctions against Belarus in light of the sanctions against Russia, to show that if a country's behaviour changes it can gradually return to favour," Lukyanov said.

On Monday the Russian tabloid Komsomolskaya Pravda led with a "Did the Americans plan the Paris terrorist attacks?" headline, claiming the Americans probably reacted to French President François Hollande's recent wish to soften sanctions against Russia.

The prosecutors' findings could be a factor in whether the European Union softens sanctions against Russia, but some members are already chafing at their effect on trade and calling for resuming full economic cooperation.

The Joseph Rowntree Foundation suggested the government should use the opportunity to soften the sanctions regime to ensure that sanctions were less severe and no longer forced claimants into destitution.

Two of them, Russia and France, have acted in the past to soften the sanctions.

Whether the Trump administration will or won't soften U.S. sanctions against Russia has been in the news — a lot.

Through much of the fall and winter, Iraq has withdrawn a significant share of its oil exports from world markets, in a campaign to undo or at least soften the sanctions.