Mogherini rules out EU sanctions on Russia over Syria

  17 October 2016    Read: 1717
Mogherini rules out EU sanctions on Russia over Syria
he European Union is not considering sanctions against Russia for its role in Syria although further measures against Damascus are possible, the bloc’s foreign affairs head Federica Mogherini said Monday.
“This has not been proposed by any member state,” Mogherini said as she arrived for a meeting of EU foreign ministers dominated by the Syrian crisis when asked about steps against Moscow, despite its support for Syrian President Bashar Assad in his offensive on the besieged city of Aleppo.

“But we have sanctions on the Syrian regime… and there are discussions on that, for sure, that could be possible,” she said regarding Syrians accused of rights abuses or war crimes.

Mogherini’s comments came despite a warning by the United States and Britain on Sunday that Western allies were considering imposing sanctions against economic targets in Syria and Russia over the siege of Aleppo.

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