EU Begins Talks on 19th Sanctions Package Against Moscow
According to the English section of webangah news agency, citing Mehr News Agency and TASS, Thomas Zdechovsky, a Czech Parliament member, announced the start of informal negotiations on the European Union’s nineteenth sanctions package against Russia.
He stated, “Discussions about the nineteenth package have started and are ongoing, although we are currently at an initial and unofficial stage. The main issue is neutralizing the sanctions-not politically, but technically.”
He explained that “after 18 packages, restrictions have now been applied to most obvious targets. The focus is now on tightening monitoring measures, expanding secondary tariffs, and clarifying export and import oversight.”
The eighteenth sanctions package against Russia has not yet been approved within the EU. Hungary and Slovakia continue to oppose the European Commission’s proposal to ban Russian oil and gas supplies to Europe until early 2028.
