The President of France, Emmanuel Macron, demanded this Thursday in a phone call to his Russian counterpart, Vladimir Putin, to cease “immediately” military operations in Ukraine.
Macron He called him after having spoken with the Ukrainian president, Volodímir Zelenski, and transmitted that message in consultation with the latter.
According to the Elysee, the French head of state reminded Putin that his country is exposed “to massive sanctions” for the military offensive in Ukrainelaunched on a large scale in the early hours of this Thursday.
The French Presidency pointed out that Macron called the Russian president upon his arrival at the European Council in Brussels, before the meeting of the leaders of the European Union (EU).
The community bloc gave the green light on Thursday to the new sanctions against Russia for the invasion of Ukraine, which cover the financial, energy and transport sectors, dual-use goods, as well as export control or visa policy.
The conclusions approved during that summit specify that the list of Russian individuals affected by community sanctions will be expanded.
After the approval of the leaders, these sanctions must follow the formal procedure necessary for them to be adopted and enter into force, with a next step this Friday in an extraordinary council of foreign ministers in Brussels.
The Twenty-Seven also “harshly” condemned Belarus’s involvement in the invasion, as some troops entered Ukraine from there, and called for “the urgent preparation and adoption” of new economic and individual sanctions also against that country.
Source: EFE
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