China has opposed international sanctions and other measures of intimidation
The Ministry of foreign Affairs of China, explaining the accession of some countries of Europe to the extension of sanctions against the Crimea, said that the Republican leadership does not support the imposition of penalties and the use of other measures of deterrence in international relations. The official representative of the foreign Ministry of China Hong lei said on Thursday that " the Chinese side always opposes the use of sanctions and similar measures of deterrence in international relations ".
"We believe that political dialogue is the only way to resolve the Ukrainian fall," reports the news Agency of a word of Chinese policy. Recall, on Thursday it was announced that Montenegro, Albania, Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway and Ukraine joined the extended economic sanctions of the EU against Russia. Also have any information about the fact that Western countries collect data on possible ways of bypassing punishment and going to prosecute offenders. For its part the President's press Secretary Dmitry Peskov did not rule out the possibility of the imposition of retaliatory measures against six European countries who joined the anti-Russian EU sanctions. In June, the EU Council formally extended punishment against Russia for another six months ? until 31 January 2016. In addition, on 19 June, the Council of the European Union officially confirmed the extension of sanctions on Crimea and Sevastopol until June 23, 2016. In the Ministry of foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation said that Moscow is disappointed by the decision of Brussels on the extension of economic sanctions against Russia, noting that the EU is deliberately ignoring the fact that the extension of restrictive measures will result in the loss of jobs to hundreds of thousands of Europeans.