Austria has agreed to lift its veto on a new package of anti-Russian sanctions, likely to contain restrictions on Russian diamonds.
The European Union will officially use the 12th package of sanctions against Russia next week. About this Saturday, December 16, reported Radio Liberty correspondent Rikard Jozwiak.
“Austria has withdrawn its reserve. Russian sanctions should be officially adopted next week,” he wrote.
Reuters also reported that Austria lifted its veto on the 12th package of sanctions against the Russian Federation in exchange for Ukraine’s agreement to remove Austrian banking group Raiffeisen Bank International from the Ukrainian blacklist of war sponsors.
The details of the new package of economic restrictions have not been disclosed, but it is known that the previously recommended package of sanctions by the European Commission included proposals to cut the commercial income received from the trade in diamonds by Russia and against a number of Russian officials. and businessmen, including the son of Dmitry Medvedev.
Previously, the agency reported that Austria, on December 16, still blocked the adoption of the 12th package of European Union sanctions against Russia, despite the decision of the European Council.
The day before it became known that EU ambassadors could not reach an agreement on the 12th package of EU sanctions against Russia – this time because of Austria’s position. It was noted that Austria’s dissatisfaction was caused by the fact that Ukraine included the Austrian Raiffeisen Bank International in the list of international sponsors of the war.
The G7 countries confirmed sanctions against diamonds from the Russian Federation
New Correspondent.net on Telegram and WhatsApp. Subscribe to our channels Athletistic and WhatsApp
Source: korrespondent
I am David Wyatt, a professional writer and journalist for Buna Times. I specialize in the world section of news coverage, where I bring to light stories and issues that affect us globally. As a graduate of Journalism, I have always had the passion to spread knowledge through writing.