Italy has blocked a year-long extension of EU sanctions against Russia
Italy has blocked a year-long extension of EU sanctions against Russia
Paolo Gentiloni© Reuters
Therefore, restrictive measures were introduced at six months.
Italy blocked attempts to extend the period of EU sanctions against Russia for a year and opposed the expansion of sanctions for the crimes from Russia in Syria.
This was after a one-day EU summit in Brussels on 15 December announced the participants, reports Radio Liberty.
Read also: Poroshenko hopes that the U.S. will continue sanctions against Russia because of the crimes in Aleppo
“We have had a debate which, fortunately, ended without taking into account the option that would, in my opinion, a mistake to react to the situation in Syria and Aleppo to EU sanctions against Russia”, – said the Prime Minister of Italy Paolo Gentiloni.
He added that most countries agreed with Italy to enter against Russia additional sanctions would be a mistake.
Moreover, Italy was among those countries that were opposed to the proposal of Poland to extend existing sanctions against Russia for a year, not six months.
“Some of our colleagues would perhaps extend the sanctions for another 12 months, but in fact it was clear from the beginning that you can maintain our current format,” – said the head of the European Council Donald Tusk.
The European Union extended sanctions against Russia for another six months
TSN. Pdsmi day
Yesterday, 01:52
Add to favourites
The European Union has extended restrictions on the Russian economy, banks and defense industries because of the war in the Donbas and annexation of Crimea. Who and what gets into the “black list”, the EU will decide at the beginning of next week. Earlier, EU leaders said that sanctions should continue, because Russia not fulfilling Minsk agreements.
We will remind, on December 15, EU leaders agreed to extend economic sanctions against Russia over aggression in Ukraine. The formal process to extend the sanctions for another six months in relation to the defence, energy and financial sectors of Russia will begin next week. The sanctions were imposed after the occupation of Crimea and Russian participation in a military conflict in the Donbass, which has already claimed over 10 thousand lives.