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MNI BRIEF: EU Struggles For Agreement On New Russia Sanctions

(MNI) ROME

Agreement on a new package of economic sanctions on Russia is proving tricky as the bloc is running out of effective measures, Camilo Villarino, chef de cabinet for EU high representative for foreign affairs Josep Borrell, said on Friday.

The bloc will make no "formal proposal" on sanctions until agreement has been reached, he said at an event in S'Agaro in Spain. "We can't afford public disagreements."

Vilarino said the bloc has ways of overcoming the need for unanimity in foreign affairs decisions if necessary.


MNI Rome Bureau | +34-672-478-840 | santi.pinol.ext@marketnews.com
MNI Rome Bureau | +34-672-478-840 | santi.pinol.ext@marketnews.com

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