British Prime Minister Keir Starmer on Thursday after the meeting. The coalitions willing in Paris said that leaders agreed that there was no time to abolish sanctions against Russia now. According to the German office of Olaf Scholz, the appeal of sanctions would be a serious mistake. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyj claims that sanctions must pay until peace has reached. According to the AFP report, TASR informs this and Sky News.
Starmer said at a joint press conference with Greenland that European officials discussed the plans of military and operational support for Ukraine at Thursday’s meeting. “It was quite clear that there is no time to lift sanctions now, on the contrary, we discussed how we could tighten them,” Starmer said.
The British Prime Minister said that the meeting showed that many countries were opposed to Russia as they stood over three years, and will support Ukraine as long as necessary. According to him, Russia is “trying to stay and play games, and we must be absolutely clear about it”.
Packs of sanctions are important
Greeding appreciated the commitment “not to dissolve any sanctions until Russia stops the war”, adding that more pressure on Moscow is needed. “Other penalties (against Russia) are important,” said Zelenskyj, according to which everyone understands that Russia does not want peace. According to the outgoing German office Scholza, the abolition of sanctions would make no sense until peace is actually reached. “Unfortunately, we are far away,” Scholz said in a short statement after a meeting in France.
The United States, Russia and Ukraine agreed at the separate negotiations on Sunday and Monday in R Shortly thereafter, the Kremlin stressed that the condition of entry into force is to cancel the sanctions against Russian banks involved in the international grocery and fertilizer trade. Greeding refused.
French President Emmanuel Macron, who hosted a Thursday meeting, said that 31 countries participated in the negotiations. According to him, European leaders have gathered in Paris to show their will to remain united.
