European Union leaders agreed on Thursday to extend the bloc’s main economic sanctions against Russia over the turmoil in Ukraine for six months until mid-2017, diplomats said.The decision was expected and the formal process to extend the sanctions on Russia’s defense, energy and financial sectors will take place early next week, they said.“We welcome unanimous decision by the EU to extend economic and sectoral sanctions against Russia,” Ukraine’s president, Petro Poroshenko, said in a statement.“I am sincerely grateful for unwavering unity and solidarity of the European leaders in restoring Ukraine’s sovereignty and territorial integrity, including Crimea.”The bloc slapped sanctions on …read more
Source: The Huffington Post
