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Dutch PM - I Don't Expect Further Sanctions To Be Decided At EUCO Summit

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Delivering doorstep comments at the EUCO Summit in Brussels, Dutch PM Mark Rutte states that he does not expect further sanctions against Russia to be decided at the summit.

  • Rutte: "We will discuss sanctions, I do not think we will decide on further sanctions"
  • Rutte asked on Ukraine no-fly zone: "While we have to protect Zelensky gov't we also have to protect the world from an escalation that we do not want"
  • Rutte: "We are looking with high interest" at whether Finland/Sweden might apply to NATO. On Western unity says "Clearly, where Putin thought that he was creating disunity, he brought together" the West.
  • Livestream: https://audiovisual.ec.europa.eu/en/ebs/live/1
  • EU High Rep for Foreign Affairs Josep Borrell confirms EUCO's role of providing 'political guidance' on sanctions. Says it is for technical bodies to formulate sanctions.

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