French Foreign Minister Jean-Marc Eyraud announced the extension of the EU sanctions against Russia. This was reported by RIA Novosti.
The Foreign Minister of the Fifth Republic said this to journalists at the European Council meeting of the fields, taking place in Luxembourg. “Today the conditions for lifting the sanctions have not been met, the Minsk Agreement are not fulfilled. There is progress, but not sufficient “, – he said. According to him, the extension should not be automatic, and it needs to be discussed thoroughly. “The Russians and Ukrainians should do its part in the implementation of the Minsk agreements,” – summed up Eyraud
15:01 March 16, 2016
June 17 about the inevitability of extending the restrictions stated the head of the European Council Donald Tusk. May 26 he had already announced the extension of the restrictive measures
the sanctions policy of the EU against Russia includes three different areas: visa restrictions against Russian citizens, economic – against a number of Russian state-owned oil, defense and finance sectors, as well as restrictive measures.? against the Crimea.
a number of countries began to gradually introduce sanctions against Russia in March, 2014. They explained their decision to the situation in the east of Ukraine and annexation of Crimea to the Russian Federation, and their abolition subsequently tied to the implementation of the Minsk agreements. The term of the EU sanctions against Russia will expire on 31 July this year.
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