“At a meeting on Monday, January 27, the ministers of foreign affairs of the EU countries agreed to extend the sanctions against Russia for another six months.”, — write: epravda.com.ua
European truth The ministers of foreign affairs of the EU countries at a meeting on Monday, January 27, agreed to extend the sanctions against Russia for another six months. As “European Truth” reports, top EU diplomat Kaya Kallas wrote about this in X (Twitter). The issue of extending EU sanctions against Russia has been in question due to Hungary’s threats to block the decision.Advertisement: “EU foreign ministers have just agreed to extend sanctions against Russia again. This will continue to deprive Moscow of revenue to finance its war,” Kallas stressed. She added that Russia must pay the price for its aggression. Earlier, the media learned that Hungary agreed to extend sanctions against the Russian Federation for another six months in exchange for the EU’s statement regarding Budapest’s concerns about “energy security”. Advertisement: Journalists reported that Hungary demands the EU to put pressure on Ukraine to preserve the transit of Russian oil and conduct a dialogue on gas transit in exchange for their agreement to support the continuation of economic sanctions against the Russian Federation. Last week, Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban accused Ukraine of trying to “deceive Hungarians” on the gas issue and called on the EU to force Kyiv to “open the valves.”