The European Union will extend the punishment against Russia before the end of 2015 or 2016, said the Minister of foreign Affairs of Poland Grzegorz Schetyna.
"I think They (sanctions) Will be extended. The question is, before the end if the year 2015 or a subsequent year also. It depends on the implementation of Minsk agreements. Whether it is complete, Will it be satisfactory ", - quotes the Minister of RIA "news" referring to Wprost.



"the rules of the Minsk agreements are very specific. They are required to be fulfilled, so we can start talking about what the punishment will be prolonged, " said Schetyna. Remember, on 5 may the European Parliament Committee on international relations blessed the draft decision calling for sanctions against Russia in case of failure of the Minsk agreements, and agreed to bring the document to valaisiana Assembly in June. Before in the same day, the Minister for foreign Affairs of Austria Sebastian Kurz said that the European Union States links the future of sanctions against Russia with the progress of the Minsk agreements on Ukraine. In response to This, the head of the Ministry of foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation S. V. Lavrov, the penalties are not Russia's decision, for this reason, any criteria for lifting them with the EU will not be discussed. For its part, the permanent Commissioner of Russia to the EU Vladimir Chizhov said that Moscow is not engaged in dialogues with the European Union on the abolition of punishment, It is the decision of the countries of Europe make their own. On 29 April, the EU Ambassador to the US David O " Sullivan said punishment against Russia will remain in force at least until the end of the year, when the European Union Will be able to assess the degree of implementation of the Minsk agreements. For its part, German Chancellor Angela Merkel said that the question Of the withdrawal or extension of sanctions against Russia Will be discussed by the EU in July.

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