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EU foreign affairs chief 'fully confident' on new sanctions agreement

30 May 2022 19:47 (UTC +04:00)

The EU's foreign affairs chief Josep Borrell says he’s “fully confident” the bloc will reach an agreement on its sixth sanctions package, APA reports citing BBC.

He suggested this could come at the summit in Brussels, taking place today and tomorrow.

European Council President Charles Michel also said the time was now to decide on a Russian oil embargo.

“It’s not easy,” he conceded, saying “I hope we’ll be able to take a decision on that important question”.

They were speaking (separately) as they arrived for the summit of EU leaders.

A compromise proposal would see seaborne imports targeted first and pipelines later.

But earlier the European Commission President, Ursula von der Leyen, said her expectations were low that the outstanding issues could be solved in the next 48 hours.

And Hungary’s PM Viktor Orban said he had seen the latest text on sanctions and there was “no agreement”.