The European Union continues to work on the 12th package of anti-Russian sanctions. It is planned that it will be adopted or at least agreed upon by mid-December, said Vladislav Vlasyuk, adviser to the head of the office of the President of Ukraine, TASS reports.
“By December 15 of this year, we expect either its adoption, or at least approval,” Vlasyuk noted. He added that the package will be formed within two weeks and approved by member countries in mid-November.
Hungary has already promised to reject the new package of sanctions if the restrictions go beyond the “red lines” for Budapest, that is, they concern energy – oil, gas and nuclear technologies, warned the head of the Hungarian Foreign Ministry, Peter Szijjártó. According to him, Hungary will also not impose personal sanctions against those who have done something good for this country, Szijjártó added, as quoted by RIA Novosti. He added that Hungary in general does not believe that the EU should continue the sanctions policy, because it does not work. At the same time, Hungary previously supported all previous 11 packages of sanctions, although the adoption of sanctions was delayed several times due to resistance from Budapest, and the set of restrictions changed.
Bloomberg previously reported that the EU could present the 12th package of sanctions in the first half of October. It was noted that it may include permission to use the frozen assets of the Bank of Russia to support Ukraine.
The day before, the head of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, assured Ukraine of support and spoke about the new package of EU sanctions. According to her, in the upcoming 12th package of sanctions, the EU will try to reduce Russia’s income from diamond exports to the European Union. “We are in the process of preparing the 12th package of sanctions, we are consulting with member countries on this issue. In particular, we are considering ways to reduce the income that Russia receives from the export of diamonds to Europe and our partner countries,” said the head of the European Commission. She added that since the beginning of the conflict in Ukraine, the EU has spent almost 83 billion euros to help Kyiv. Von der Leyen called the next step in European assistance to Ukraine the approval of a Ukrainian fund worth 50 billion euros, since the country “needs reliable and predictable financial support,” Interfax reported.
Source: Rosbalt
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