Austrian Foreign Minister Alexander Schallenberg expressed his hope that the EU’s ninth package of sanctions against Russia could be approved in the coming days. Schallenberg expressed this when he arrived at the meeting of the Council of the European Union at the level of foreign ministers. TASS.
According to the head of the Austrian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, none of the countries of the association will block a new package of sanctions.
“I hope we can reach an agreement where the technical details of the ninth package should be clarified. I expect it to be approved in the coming days, at least on the eve of the European Council meeting. “I don’t think any country will prevent it,” he said.
In addition, Schallenberg said that expanding the sanctioned persons list is currently being discussed, with the main focus in his view being restrictions on dual-use goods.
Josep Borrell, formerly the High Representative of the EU for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, defective To agree on the ninth package of sanctions against the Russian Federation before the meeting of EU foreign ministers in Brussels.