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The next, 11th, package of EU anti-Russian sanctions should be agreed by the end of June, when the EU summit will take place . This was stated by French Foreign Minister Catherine Colonna at the Council of Foreign Ministers in Brussels.

“We expect to finalize it as soon as possible, before the end of June - before the EU summit,” she said (the statement was posted on her Twitter page).

According to Colonna, the package is still being discussed, including technical and legal aspects. It will be considered again by the permanent representatives on 24 May.

In early May, the HEAD of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, announced that a new package of European sanctions would focus on circumventing previously imposed restrictions.

BLOOMBERG reported that new sanctions could affect the transit of a wide range of goods to third countries through Russia. DPA wrote that the EC wants to get a mechanism that will allow blocking the EXPORT of goods to third countries in order to prevent Moscow from evading sanctions.

The EU countries also discussed the possibility of stopping oil supplies from Russia via the northern branch of the Druzhba pipeline for all countries.

Polish diplomat Andrzej Sados said on May 12 that the ambassadors of the EU countries failed to agree on new sanctions, as many issues "require a thorough expert analysis." He added that Warsaw is demanding restrictions on Russian transport companies, diamonds, agri-food products and the nuclear industry.

Hungary, in turn, has repeatedly stated that it will not support proposals to ban cooperation with Russia in the field of nuclear energy.

Hungarian Foreign Minister Péter Szijjártó has said that the European Union will put pressure on Hungary so that it does not interfere with the adoption of new sanctions against Russia, including on May 22 at a debate in the EU Foreign Affairs Council.

Russia considers Western sanctions illegal. The Kremlin warned that they would lead to "increasing trends towards a global economic crisis."