The President of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko said again that it will initiate the renewal of EU sanctions against Russia are not at 6 and 12 months.
“I’m going to put a question on the extension of sanctions on 6 and 12 months, we will do everything to more to motivate Russia to come to the negotiating table, to implement Minsk to withdraw its troops from the Ukrainian territory and cease its aggression,” said Poroshenko during the inclusion of Malta on the channel ictv.
Earlier, the Minister of foreign Affairs of Ukraine Pavlo Klimkin in Brussels, has urged Ministers of foreign Affairs of the EU for the continuation and strengthening of sanctions as an effective means of pressure on Russia with the goal of full implementation of the Minsk agreements. The Minister stressed the need to expand the sanctions list of persons involved in the illegal seizure of Ukrainian enterprises in the occupied territory.
