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The EU will decide today to impose the first sanctions against Russia, after Moscow recognized the separatist provinces in eastern Ukraine, announced today the head of European diplomacy Josep Borrell.
Borrell said at the start of an EU forum on India-Pacific co-operation in Paris that he had convened an “extraordinary Foreign Affairs Council” to meet “even here in Paris after the forum”.
“This morning we are working to prepare the text and this afternoon the Council will decide on the sanctions we will adopt (…) we must act quickly and swiftly this afternoon, here in Paris,” he said. sanctions against Russia will be adopted “unanimously”.
At this stage, it is not a “large-scale invasion, but Russian troops have entered Ukrainian territory,” in Donbas, Borrell said.
The EU warned on Monday that it would impose sanctions on Russia if Moscow recognized the independence of the self-proclaimed Donetsk and Luhansk People’s Republics in eastern Ukraine.
“We have a package (of possible sanctions). There are different measures and the degree of their implementation depends on the level of aggression,” Borrell said.
SOURCE: AMPE
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