Germany and France are trying to achieve the latest EU sanctions related to the war in Ukraine to apply to the Russian oil company Lukuilthe diplomats said on Monday, subject to anonymity. According to the AFP report, TASR reports this.
The European Commission is discussing with the EU Member States by 19 Since the beginning of the invasion of Ukraine in 2022. Berlin and Paris in the joint proposal have asked Lukoil on a blacklist along with her subsidiary trading company Litasco, specified diplomats.
Both countries require sanctions to focus on refineries in third countries involved in the export of Russian oil to the EU or on Russian oil trading companies, diplomats said. As well as a challenge to tightening of sanctions towards subjects outside Russia that help Moscow in circumventing sanctions, including restrictions on other banks.
EU officials emphasize that the discussion of sanctions is at an early stage and therefore it is not yet clear which proposals will reach the final wording. The sanctions must support all EU countries, and in this case they would probably encounter the disagreement of Hungarywrites AFP.
The EU envoy for sanctions David O’Sullivan negotiated with the United States on Monday, as the European Allies Washington expressed the hope that they would convince US President Donald Trump to impose promised sanctions against Russia.
Washington is ready to “increase pressure” on Russia, but Europe must act to actually force Moscow to negotiations on the ceasefiresaid the US Secretary of Finance Scott Bessent. Trump threatened to sanctions on the countries that buy Russian oil in order to cut off the key source of the financing of Russian President Vladimir Putin’s war, but has so far imposed so -called secondary sanctions on India.
