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Polish Prime Minister Matthew Morawiecki and Lithuanian President Gitana Nauseda will meet with German Chancellor Olaf Solz in Berlin on Saturday to discuss sanctions against Russia, Polish government spokesman Piotr said on Twitter.
“A meeting will be held in Berlin today at the initiative of Prime Minister Morawiecki. Prime Minister Morawiecki and the President of Lithuania will hold talks with the German Chancellor,” Miller said in a tweet early Saturday.
“The European Union must immediately adopt a package of ruthlessly harsh sanctions against Russia.” Miller did not disclose the time of the meeting.
“Resistors” for the SWIFT system
The European Union will analyze the consequences of a possible expulsion of Russia from the international payment system SWIFT and then decide whether to use this “economic nuclear weapon”, said yesterday the French Minister of Finance, who was openly in favor of this option. , according to Reuters.
The West should cut off Russia from the Swift system for international interbank trading, because otherwise Ukraine will fall within a few days, Czech President Milos Zeman warned his NATO counterparts in the east.
However, many countries, such as Germany, Austria and Hungary, have expressed reservations, fearing the consequences of such a decision on Russian gas exports.
“Swift’s blockade would have a huge impact (…) on German companies in their relations with Russia, but also on the settlement of energy supply payments,” German government spokesman Stephen Hepstreit said yesterday.
In Hungary, Prime Minister Viktor Orb .n expressed satisfaction that the sanctions imposed “do not extend to energy”, which is a guarantee “for the energy supply of Hungary and other EU member states”.
Serbia will not impose sanctions
Serbia does not intend to impose sanctions on Russia, said President Alexander VuÏ„Ï‚iÏ„Ï‚, announcing at a press conference the conclusions of the National Security Council meeting that examined developments in Eastern Europe and determined Serbia’s position.
The text presented by VuÏ„Ï‚iÏ„Ï‚ does not condemn Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Mild expressions are used in this paragraph, obviously so as not to offend Russia. “The Republic of Serbia supports the observance of Ukraine’s territorial integrity and considers it very wrong for Russia to disrupt its territorial integrity,” the text of the conclusions reads.
Source: Capital
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