The White House announced that the US does not recognize Russia's attempt to annex Crimea.
Hogan Guidli, deputy White House spokesman, said on Tuesday (July 3) that the US does not recognize "Russia's efforts to annex Crimea."
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"We absolutely do not recognize Russia's attempt to annex Crimea," Guidli said.
Earlier, US President Donald Trump answered the question of whether Washington could recognize Crimea as belonging to Russia: "We will consider it."
According to BuzzFeed magazine, at the G7 Summit in Canada held in June, Donald Trump said that he considered Crimea to be Russian because of the Russian-speaking people living there. The White House did not later deny this information.