“Head of EU diplomacy, Kaya Callas, reacted to the EU Council’s decision to indefinitely freeze Russian assets located on the territory of the European Union.”, — write: www.pravda.com.ua
Kaya Callas. Photo from her social network Kh Source: she wrote about this on the X social network, writes “European Truth”
Details: According to Callas, this guarantees that Russian funds worth up to 210 billion euros will remain in the EU “until Russia pays Ukraine full compensation for the damages.”
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“We continue to increase the pressure on Russia until it starts taking negotiations seriously. The meeting of the European Council next week will be decisive for ensuring Ukraine’s financial needs for the coming years,” Kallas noted.
It will be recalled that on December 12, the ambassadors of the European Union decided to freeze Russian assets located in Europe for an indefinite period. 25 countries voted “for”, two countries did not support the decision.
This step is important in order to get Belgium’s consent to provide a “reparation loan” to Ukraine using Russian assets. This issue will be discussed at the summit of EU leaders next week.
Belgian Prime Minister Bart De Wever said that using frozen Russian assets to finance Ukraine is a “difficult task”, but possible if allies agree to “conditions”.
Read a detailed article on this topic: The EU is looking for money for Kyiv. Why is Belgium “blocking” the financing of Ukraine at the expense of the assets of the Russian Federation.