The EU refused to discuss the sanctions against the SP-2

Sanctions that will affect Europe and Germany should not be imposed, the foreign ministers of the EU countries said.

The foreign ministers of the EU member states refused to discuss the issue of introducing a ban on the construction of the gas pipeline to their Swedish colleague, Ann Linde. Nord Stream 2… The minister announced it in an interview with the TT agency, published on Monday, February 22.

According to Linde, he proposed to ministers to include the ban of the SP-2 project in the EU sanctions package against Russia for the opposition leader Alexei Navalny, as this is Sweden’s position.

“Several countries have indicated that they consider this inappropriate, since we are talking about energy issues, and they should not be subject to sanctions, as someone said, to 150 European companies and impose sanctions that will affect Europe and Germany,” said the Swedish chancellor. .

At the same time, Linde approved the participation of the United States Secretary of State, Anthony Blinken, in the online meeting.

“This is wonderful: an experienced foreign minister who knows the EU and Europe, who participated in the negotiations on an agreement with Iran and who has repeatedly said:” This is difficult, there are no easy solutions, “he said.

We will recall, on the eve of it became known that the EU, no later than a week later, will impose sanctions against the citizens of the Russian Federation responsible for the arrest, indictment and conviction of Navalny.

Moscow declared that it was disappointed with this Union decision and that another opportunity to rethink the EU’s course towards Russia was missed.

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