They were unsuccessful, but did win approval of a "sanctions" policy.

The world's leading nations, he argues, "would use their power - including sanctions policy - to stop other countries."

Meanwhile the flaws in the sanctions policy will remain untouched.

You said that the sanctions policy is, quote, the only peaceful path to meeting the objective set by the President.

But he was critical of the sanctions policy as it is currently constructed.

"If the sanctions policy is consistently applied over time, it could be effective," he said.

I think we'd be working harder on the sanctions policy.

That is what makes the American sanctions policy so very, very damaging, in both political and economic terms.

Therefore, thorough assessment is indeed important in order to examine the effectiveness of the sanctions policy.

We have to consider how effective our sanctions policy is.