MOSCOW, Oct 21 — RIA Novosti, Pavlov Svyatoslav. the EU on the first day of the summit in Brussels did not accept sanctions against Moscow and Damascus because of the situation in Syria, without mentioning the opportunity in the text of the final document.
ahead of the summit, Bloomberg reported that the draft of the final resolution deals with the imposition of sanctions against Russia over Syria. A source in the EU told reporters that the major countries of the European Union support the mention of the possible introduction of restrictions, but to approve the document requires a consensus.
Press Secretary of the Russian President Dmitry Peskov said that the Kremlin did not comment on the possible imposition of sanctions over Syria, noting that it is necessary to wait for the final resolution of the leaders of the European summit. President Vladimir Putin said that sanctions against Moscow over Ukraine, or Syria, specific problems can not be solved, it only is a policy of containment of Russia and its development.
At the summit the EU did not mention the possibility of imposing new sanctions opinions on foreign policy, however, a number of EU leaders did not rule out this possibility in response to further steps taken by Damascus and Moscow.
Final document
the conclusions of the EU summit on foreign policy, the possibility of imposing sanctions against Moscow and Damascus in connection with the situation in Syria was not considered.
“the European Council strongly condemns the attacks of the Syrian regime and its allies, in particular Russia against civilians in Aleppo. He urged them to end the violence and take immediate steps to ensure unhindered humanitarian access in Aleppo and other parts of the country”, — stated in the document.
the Leaders also “call for the immediate cessation of hostilities and the resumption of a credible political process under the UN auspices”. They said that “those responsible for violations of international humanitarian law and human rights must be brought to justice.”
earlier, Russia has repeatedly stated that the choice of targets of the air strikes in Syria carefully verifies incoming intelligence information and only after that decides about the air attack. Sounded accusations that videoconferencing supposedly strikes at civilian targets, also never found any evidence.
the Prime Minister of Italy Matteo Renzi at the end of the summit stated that it makes no sense to mention sanctions in connection with the situation in Syria.
“as for the question about Syria, he worries us. We approved the document, which calls for an early agreement to this truce and political transition. But I believe that it makes no sense to insert a mention of the sanctions,” — said Renzi told reporters.
German Chancellor Angela Merkel also said that the EU summit had not discussed the schedule of the discussions on sanctions against Russia.
“as for Russia, we did not discuss any schedule, today it is not played the role. I think there are enough formats in the EU. We haven’t talked about the time, just the question what to do about it” she said, adding that in the foreground of the discussion was the question of delivery of humanitarian assistance in Syria.
Earlier, Dmitry Peskov said that the Kremlin does not see a subject for the imposition of sanctions against Moscow on Syria, because Russia is the only country that legitimately fighting terrorism on the territory of the Arab Republic. In turn, the Minister of foreign Affairs Sergey Lavrov, expressed hope that common sense will prevail.
no One demanded sanctions
Chancellor of Austria, Christian Kern at the summit, the EU announced that none of the participating countries are not required to impose sanctions against Russia because of the situation in Syria.
“Tonight, no one demanded sanctions,” said Kern on the first day of the summit, which was held in Brussels.
“I think this day was important for decisions regarding the strategy towards Russia. We made today an important step forward,” added the Chancellor.
While earlier, European Parliament President Martin Schulz said that among the leaders of 28 countries-EU member States gathered Thursday in Brussels, there is no consensus as to the need of application of new sanctions.
Russia has repeatedly said it wants to develop its partnership with the EU, however, forced to respond to hostile actions of the European Union, which first imposed sanctions against Moscow after the annexation of Crimea and events in Ukraine.
the EU will consider the reaction
However, Merkel said that the EU will think about sanctions against Russia, if available at the moment, the intensity of air strikes in Aleppo, Syria will continue. “I think only if you have at the moment, the intensity of the air strikes continue, it will cause to ponder what we should do,” said the Chancellor of Germany.
the Head of the European Council, Donald Tusk, in turn, said that the leaders of the member countries of the European Union condemned the actions of the Syrian army and videoconferencing in Aleppo and said she was ready for any action, consider all options reaction in further steps of the Damascus and Moscow. However, he noted that the EU does not intend to increase tension in relations with Russia, but responds to her actions and is willing to dialogue.
he said, “increasing tensions with Russia — it’s not our (EU’s) goal.” “We just react to the steps taken by Russia. Of course, the EU stands ready to engage in dialogue, but will not go to the violation of our own values and principles. Therefore, the leaders decided to keep the course and, above all, to preserve the unity of the EU”, — said the Chairman of the Council of Europe.
Tusk said that the EU leaders held a wide-ranging discussion about Russia. Speaking about the evaluation of her actions from the heads of the European Union, he once again repeated the accusations on controversial issues in the Russian Federation, which Moscow has repeatedly called unproven.
French President Francois Hollande also possible to impose sanctions to the further actions of Moscow and Damascus in Syria.
“At this stage of the sanctions related to the Russian actions in Syria, was not adopted. If there are new massacres and bombing, we must begin to impose sanctions against responsible citizens of Syria. In the case of a continuation of the bombing, Russia could also obtain the answer from the EU,” said Hollande.
“But the time is not yet come,” he added.
it is Worth noting that these statements were made amid the “humanitarian pause”, which began to operate in Syria’s largest city Aleppo on the morning of 20 October. FSI Russian and Syrian government troops don’t strike at the terrorists, allowing for both the residents and the militants to leave the city in a specially designed corridors. To exit the city has eight corridors: six civilians and two militants.
Russian defense Minister Sergei Shoigu earlier said that on behalf of the President of Russia Vladimir Putin, the Russian side has decided to extend for a day “humanitarian pause” in Syria’s Aleppo, Damascus this step is supported.
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