Hammond: the implementation of the agreements Minsk-2 - condition for lifting sanctions
The head of the British foreign office Philip Hammond said that only the full implementation of the obligations under the Minsk agreements will help the abolition of the punishment of the European Union against Russia.
As informs about this Hammond said during a mutual press conference with Minister of foreign Affairs of Ukraine Pavlo Klimkin.
"We make clear that the consensus achieved on 12 February in Minsk, are required to be fully respected and, thus, the only condition for lifting of European Union sanctions will be full implementation of the obligations defined in Minsk" - quoted by Hammond Agency.
in addition, he said that in Kiev at the meetings with the President of Petro Poroshenko and Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk will discuss the measures that need to be taken to preserve the unity of the EU policy of sanctions against Russia." so, We stand Together and send a clear signal to Russia that it must fulfill in order punishments were abolished, " added Hammond.
Western countries since March has repeatedly imposed punishment on a number of Russian politicians, businessmen and organizations because of the position of Russia in Ukraine. The last case of the use of such practices began in December limits, when the head of the U.S. announced an economic blockade of the Crimea, and in the sanctions List included a number of famous figures from the Crimea and Eastern Ukraine.
The list of Russian Citizens and organizations, first fell under the sentence, the material of the Fins news