ROME (Reuters) – No agreement was reached among leaders at this month’s Group of 20 summit in Turkey to extend sanctions against Russia over its intervention in Ukraine, Italian Foreign Minister Paolo Gentiloni said on Thursday.
A senior European diplomat told Reuters this week that Western leaders at the G20 in Antalya agreed on the margins of the meeting to extend the sanctions, which are due to expire in January, by six months to until July next year..
“No decision regarding the sanctions was taken at the G20 in Turkey,” Gentiloni told the Chamber of Deputies. …read more
Source: International Business Times