“What the EU does is a matter for the EU. We certainly have no plans to increase our sanctions,” Abbott said.
He added that Australia’s main focus is on Operation Bring Them Home, aiming to return the bodies of Australian citizens, who died in MH17 crash, back to the country.
“There are two separate issues here: there's the issue of the geopolitics of Eastern Europe – and people have their opinions on that and some countries are taking action on that – and there's the issue of Operation Bring Them Home and my whole and sole focus is on Operation Bring Them Home,” Abbott stressed.
- In March, Australia alongside with the United States and the European Union imposed targeted sanctions against a number of Russian officials and companies as a response to Crimea’s reunification with Russia.
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Le président russe Vladimir Poutine et le premier ministre australien Tony Abbott ont noté samedi, lors d'un entretien téléphonique, la nécessité d'arrêter les hostilités dans en Ukraine pour enquêter sur le crash du Boeing malaisien, a annoncé le service de presse du Kremlin....
ReplyDelete"Les interlocuteurs ont appelé à respecter la résolution 2166 du Conseil de sécurité de l'Onu. Il s'agit avant tout de la clause sur l'arrêt des opérations militaires par toutes les parties en vue d'assure la sécurité des experts internationaux sur les lieux du crash", a indiqué le service de presse...............http://fr.ria.ru/world/20140726/201951182.html
Vladimir Putin had a telephone conversation with the Prime Minister of Australia Tony Abbott at the initiative of the Australian side.....
ReplyDeleteThe two officials continued their exchange on various aspects of the organisation of a fair and independent international investigation of the crash of the Malaysian jet in Ukraine.
They noted the need to consistently implement Security Council Resolution 2166, primarily the clause dealing with the termination of military actions by all parties as a prerequisite for ensuring the unhampered work of international experts in the catastrophe area.
The parties agreed to carry on their exchange.
http://eng.kremlin.ru/news/22740
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