Berlin asked for the condition for sanctions to Navalny

The European Union will impose new sanctions against Russia if the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons confirms the poisoning of Alexei Navalny. This statement was made by German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas in an interview with t-online.

“Germany has referred the case for investigation to the International Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons in charge of this. If the result of the German, Swedish and French laboratories is confirmed, then a clear response from the EU will follow. I am convinced that then the sanctions will not pass, “he said. Minister.

He did not respond to the question of what those measures would look like. “We, the EU member states, will decide this together. Sanctions must always be specific and proportionate,” the minister said.

“However, such a serious violation of the Convention on the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons cannot go unanswered. We in Europe are unanimous on this issue,” Maas added.

He was also asked about the possibility of halting the construction of Nord Stream 2. This “must be carefully considered,” Maas replied, recalling that more than 100 European companies are involved in the project, half of them German.

“If construction were to stop, many European workers would suffer,” said the head of the FRG’s Foreign Ministry.

We will recall, the European Parliament called to investigate the Navalny poisoning and stop SP-2.

In Russia, the possible introduction of new EU sanctions under the Navalny name was called an attempt to give them an anti-Russian approach.