European Union ambassadors meeting in Brussels agreed to extend current economic sanctions against Russia for another six months because the conflict in Ukraine remains unresolved.
Envoys from the bloc’s 28 member states approved the decision in principle Tuesday. It still needs a unanimous formal approval by EU ministers which may come during their meeting in Luxembourg Friday or it may come at an EU leaders’ summit next week, or even later, diplomatic sources in the Belgian capital said.
Sanctions currently in effect have targeted the oil, financial and defense sectors of the Russian economy.
They were first imposed after Moscow’s annexation of Crimea …read more
Source: Voice of America
