The President of the European Council, Charles Michel, reported that the European Union plans to limit Russian diamond imports. TASS.
“We will limit the trade of Russian diamonds. Russian diamonds are not forever,” says Michel.
He added that there is currently a discussion in the EU about the next sanctions, but declined to answer the question of whether the Belgian government had approved the agreement to tighten measures on the Russian diamond trade.
We are talking about the disagreement of the Belgian government on measures against Russian diamonds, since with the introduction of an import ban, Russian exporters will divert the flow of stones to the Middle East and India. This promises huge losses for Antwerp’s diamond business.
It was previously known that the European Union was. will calculateThat non-Western countries will support G7 sanctions on Russian diamonds – particularly an attempt to “trace” the origin of the stones.
Prior to that, Britain imposed a ban on imports of Russian diamonds, copper and aluminum.