Von der Leyen reported a conversation with Trump about sanctions against Russia.
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According to her, the European Commission will soon present the 19th sanctions package against RUSSIA. it will target cryptocurrency, banking, and the energy sector, von der Leyen clarified.
European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen spoke by phone with US President Donald Trump to discuss joint efforts to tighten sanctions against Russia. She wrote about this on her FACEBOOK page.
"I had a good conversation with Trump about strengthening our joint efforts to increase economic pressure on Russia through additional measures," the post reads. She did not provide details.
Von der Leyen also wrote that the European Commission will soon present a new, 19th package of anti-Russian sanctions, which will target cryptocurrency, banking, and the energy sector.
"The Commission will propose accelerating the phase-out of Russian fossil fuel imports," von der Leyen added.
The HEAD of the European Commission announced the adoption of the 19th sanctions package against Russia in mid-August. At the time, she said the EU would present it in early September. Subsequently, a deadline of September 15 or 17 was mentioned. However, the day before, it was announced that the adoption had been postponed indefinitely.
According to dataBLOOMBERG , the issue has fallen off the agenda as Trump and the European Union focus on increasing pressure on Slovakia and Hungary to reduce their dependence on Russian oil .
According to Politico, the 19th package of measures will not include new restrictions on energy sales and will instead target, in particular, shadow fleet vessels that Brussels associates with sanctions-busting oil shipments. AFP sources said that refineries in third countries involved in Russian oil exports to the EU, as well as trading firms handling Russian oil, could be targeted.
The United States considers sanctions imposed by European countries to be insufficiently strict.The US President stated that the reason for their ineffectiveness is that EU countries continue to purchase Russian energy resources. Washington expressed its readiness to impose serious sanctions against Russia if all NATO countries follow the US example and stop purchasing them.oil near Moscow.
Russia considers Western sanctions illegal.
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