Ambassadors from the European Union member states have agreed to prolong until 2016 the bloc’s punitive measures against what they called Russia involvement in Ukraine’s crisis.
On Wednesday, the EU Committee of Permanent Representatives reached an agreement on extending bloc’s economic sanctions against Moscow by six more months, Russia’s Interfax news agency said, citing EU diplomatic source.
Envoys from the 28 EU member states reached a “consensus” on the legal text mandating the extension of the sanctions from July up until the end of January next year, European sources said, according to AFP. The document is expected to be submitted for …read more
Source: Iran English Radio
