The European Union is sending a delegation to Washington to prepare new joint sanctions against Russia, European Council President Antonio Costa announced on Friday.
“We work with the United States and other partners with common values to enhance pressure through new direct and secondary sanctions,” Costa said during a press conference in the Ukrainian city of Ouzhod, where he had a meeting with President Volodimir.
He added that “a European team travels to Washington to work with our US partners”, but without revealing which persons will participate in the mission.
His spokesman referred to the European Commission for more information, which did not answer the Politico question.
Commission President Ursula von der Laien has already announced that the 19th EU sanctions package against Russia.
It will be presented in early September and aims to bring President Putin to the negotiating table.
Ukraine and its allies have long been asking the US to impose even stricter sanctions on Moscow, with the aim of exhausting Kremlin’s financial resources for the war.
Last month, US President Donald Trump gave Russia two weeks to end the invasion of Ukraine, warning “mass penalties or huge duties or both” – but without so far he has proceeded with something
The Republican leader has, however, imposed a 50% high duties on India as retaliation for the purchase of Russian oil, although the White House has not yet adopted the proposal of Senator Lindsay Graham to impose a 500% secondary duty on Moscow.
Source :Skai
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