EU may impose new sanctions on Russia in next couple of weeks

EU may impose new sanctions on Russia in next couple of weeks

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The European Union does not see any positive changes in the implementation of the Minsk agreements by Russia; on the contrary, the situation worsens. Therefore, the EU member states reiterate their will to keep the existing sanctions and may introduce the new ones in the coming weeks.

“We do not see positive steps and this is why the Member States have so far always reiterated their will to keep them [the sanctions]… There can be decisions by unanimity on new sanctions coming up in the next couple of weeks related to the latest developments, as there were new sanctions imposed also last year following the developments on the ground [in the Sea of Azov and the Kerch Strait],” High Representative/Vice-President of the European Union Federica Mogherini said upon her arrival at the Foreign Affairs Council in Brussels.

As she reminded, the European Union has in these five years not only imposed sanctions, but also kept the unity over time on these sanctions that were constantly renewed in view of Russia’s failure to comply with the Minsk agreements.

“I have always said from the very beginning that the objective of sanctions is not that they stay forever, but to put pressure in order to overcome the situation... We wish to see positive developments and we would always be ready to reconsider this, but at the moment we see rather the opposite: more negative developments on the ground. And until that will continue to happen the Member States, I assume, will continue to be united in their support for sanctions - the ones existing already and possibly new ones,” Mogherini stressed.

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