European Union foreign ministers will discuss whether to increase sanctions on Russia and how to help Ukraine when they meet in Brussels next week, EU foreign affairs chief Federica Mogherini said on Tuesday.
"Next week we will have a ministerial meeting in Brussels on Monday and there will be a discussion there, but I would say not just on whether to increase the sanctions but most of all how to support Ukraine in these difficult times," Mogherini told reporters in Berlin.
Fighting between pro-Russian separatists and government forces in eastern Ukraine flared up again in the past week, with Kiev citing new evidence of Russian support for the rebels, despite a ceasefire agreed in Minsk on Sept. 5.
Russia denies being a party to the conflict and says it has not sent troops or weapons to east Ukraine.
"I hope we don't return to a situation of two or three months ago with violent clashes and daily killings," German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier said as he accompanied Mogherini to a conference on her first Berlin visit as the EU's high representative for foreign and security policy.
Steinmeier and Mogherini said sanctions should only be part of the response to Russia but they were having an impact.
"The Russian economy has been affected - very seriously, in fact," Mogherini said.
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"Next week we will have a ministerial meeting in Brussels on Monday and there will be a discussion there, but I would say not just on whether to increase the sanctions but most of all how to support Ukraine in these difficult times," Mogherini told reporters in Berlin.
Fighting between pro-Russian separatists and government forces in eastern Ukraine flared up again in the past week, with Kiev citing new evidence of Russian support for the rebels, despite a ceasefire agreed in Minsk on Sept. 5.
Russia denies being a party to the conflict and says it has not sent troops or weapons to east Ukraine.
"I hope we don't return to a situation of two or three months ago with violent clashes and daily killings," German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier said as he accompanied Mogherini to a conference on her first Berlin visit as the EU's high representative for foreign and security policy.
- Troop movements around the Ukraininan-Russian border indicated that all sides were preparing for more fighting, he said.
- "That has to be prevented," Steinmeier said.
Steinmeier and Mogherini said sanctions should only be part of the response to Russia but they were having an impact.
"The Russian economy has been affected - very seriously, in fact," Mogherini said.
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Merkel: pas de nouvelles sanctions de l'UE contre la Russie pour l'instant ...
ReplyDeleteL'Union européenne ne prévoit pas pour l'instant de nouvelles sanctions économiques contre la Russie, a déclaré mardi la chancelière allemande Angela Merkel, alors que la situation dans l'est de l'Ukraine s'est dégradée depuis la tenue d'élections séparatistes.
Angela Merkel a évoqué la possibilité d'élargir la liste des responsables ukrainiens prorusses visés par des sanctions européennes. Mais, "au-delà, aucune nouvelle sanction économique n'est prévue pour l'instant", a-t-elle affirmé lors d'une conférence de presse à Berlin.
"Les sanctions ne sont pas une fin en soi mais un instrument et elles sont toujours sur la table", avait déclaré à Berlin dans la matinée, la chef de la diplomatie de l'UE Federica Mogherini, en marge d'une rencontre avec le ministre allemand des Affaires étrangères, Frank-Walter Steinmeier.
"Nous aurons une réunion ministérielle à Bruxelles lundi. La discussion aura lieu sur 'est-ce qu'il faut augmenter les sanctions' mais surtout sur 'comment soutenir l'Ukraine en ces moments difficiles'", a précisé Federica Mogherini, réitérant sa position des derniers jours.................http://www.rtbf.be/info/monde/detail_merkel-pas-de-nouvelles-sanctions-de-l-ue-contre-la-russie-pour-l-instant?id=8399157
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