“Negotiations continue for weekends”, – WRITE: www.radiosvoboda.org
“There is still no green light for sanctions against Russia. Slovak lock is still ongoing. Negotiations continue for weekends, ”he wrote on the social network.
One of the unresolved issues is the ceiling of prices for Russian oil, this provision still remains in the project, which is familiarized with Radio Liberty, but it is unknown whether it will remain in the final version.
Bratislava connects her consent to a new package of sanctions to view a separate European Commission initiative – a plan for a step -by -step rejection of Russian energy by the end of 2027.
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Instead, the Foreign Minister Margus Tsakhkna suggested that Estonia could block the adoption of the 18th EU sanction package against Russia, if it excluded the introduction of a lower ceiling of prices for Russian oil.
The European Commission has presented a project of sanctions in June, the main proposal was to reduce the ceiling of Russian oil from the current $ 60 per barrel to 45. As this policy is coordinated within the Seven (G7) group, the EU tried to obtain the approval of other G7 countries, including the United States, during a summit in Canada last month.