WASHINGTON (Pakistan Point News / Sputnik - 19th April, 2023) US President Joe Biden said on Tuesday that he is extending a national emergency relating to the anchorage and movement of Russian-affiliated vessels to ports in the United States.
"I am continuing for 1 year the national emergency with respect to the Russian Federation and the emergency authority relating to the regulation of the anchorage and movement of Russian�affiliated vessels to United States ports set out in Proclamation 10371," Biden said in a statement.
Biden cites Russia's special military operation in Ukraine as the reason for the measure. The conflict poses a disturbance to the international relations of the US, the statement said.
