Wednesday, March 4, 2015

Western leaders: EU ready to impose new sanctions against Russia

Anti-Russian sanctions may only be lifted if the Minsk agreements on settlement of the situation in east Ukraine are implemented in full, the German government press service reported Tuesday after phone talks of Chancellor Angela Merkel with the leaders of the United States, Britain, Italy, France and the head of the European Council.

"Partners in talks pointed to a strong interrelation between the current sanctions and implementation of the Minsk agreements," the statement said. "It means that the restrictive measures may only be canceled if the Minsk agreements fully materialize."

"Simultaneously they emphasized that in case of further escalation they are ready to take new sanctions measures," German government spokesman Steffen Seibert said.

The Package of Measures on implementation of the September Minsk agreements, agreed February 12 by the Trilateral Contact Group on east Ukrainian settlement, stipulated an immediate and comprehensive ceasefire in the Donetsk and Lugansk regions from February 15, pullout of heavy armaments and establishment of a security zone.

It also stipulated the start of payment of pensions and allowances to residents of the self-proclaimed Donetsk and Luhansk People’s republics (DPR and LPR), as well as a constitutional reform in Ukraine, designed to achieve deep decentralization of state administration.

DPR and LPR militiamen implemented the point on heavy hardware pullback, monitored by the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE), by March 1 in full. Ukraine pledged to complete armaments withdrawal by March 7.

Russian officials and companies came under the first batch of Western sanctions, including visa bans and asset freezes, after Russia incorporated Crimea in mid-March 2014 after the February 2014 coup.

The West announced new, sectoral, restrictions against Russia in late July 2014, in particular, for what the West claimed was Moscow’s alleged involvement in protests in Ukraine’s southeast.

In response, Russia imposed on August 6, 2014 a one-year ban on imports of beef, pork, poultry, fish, cheeses, fruit, vegetables and dairy products from Australia, Canada, the European Union, the United States and Norway.

Russia has constantly dismissed accusations of "annexing" Crimea, because Crimea reunified with Russia voluntarily after a referendum, as well as allegations that Moscow could in any way be involved in hostilities in the southeast of Ukraine.

  http://tass.ru/en/world/780870
4/3/15
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3 comments:

  1. Videokonferenz zur Ukraine-Krise: Westen will neue Sanktionen gegen Russland...

    Bei einer Videokonferenz zum Ukraine-Konflikt haben US-Präsident Barack Obama und europäische Spitzenpolitiker bekräftigt, dass sie zu neuen Sanktionen gegen Russland bereit sind, sollten die Minsker Vereinbarungen torpediert werden, teilte das Weiße Haus Dienstagabend mit.

    Auch Bundeskanzlerin Angela Merkel, der britische Premierminister David Cameron, Frankreichs Staatspräsident Francois Hollande, der italienische Regierungschef Matteo Renzi und EU-Ratspräsident Donald Tusk nahmen teil.

    Das Presseamt der Bundesregierung hatte zuvor am Dienstag nach dem Ende des Gesprächs mitgeteilt, dass der Westen „im Falle einer erneuten Eskalation auch zu weiteren Sanktionsmaßnahmen bereit ist“.

    „Sie haben erneut ihre Entschlossenheit bekundet, schnell und abgestimmt vorzugehen, um einen viel höheren Preis zahlen zu lassen, wenn die Minsker Vereinbarungen ernsthaft gebrochen werden oder wenn die von Russland unterstützten Separatisten versuchen sollten, neue Gebiete einzunehmen“, heißt es in der Mitteilung des Weißen Hauses.

    „Die Top-Politiker brachten die Hoffnung auf eine erfolgreiche und vollständige Umsetzung der Minsker Vereinbarungen zum Ausdruck und einigten sich darauf, dass jede Abschwächung der jetzigen Sanktionen von der vollständigen Erfüllung dieser Vereinbarungen abhängen wird.“...........http://de.sputniknews.com/politik/20150304/301353960.html#ixzz3TPYz6bxU
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  2. Western countries urge 'full implementation' of Ukraine peace deals ...

    U.S. and some European leaders on Tuesday conditioned the easing of sanctions against Russia on a "full implementation" of peace deals over eastern Ukraine.

    The agreement followed a video-conference meeting among U.S. President Barack Obama and the leaders of Britain, France, Germany, Italy and the European Council.

    "The leaders expressed their hope for the successful and complete implementation of the Minsk agreements and agreed that the easing of current sanctions would be linked to the full implementation of these agreements," the White House said in a statement.

    "They also affirmed their determination to act quickly and in unison to impose significant additional costs, if serious violations of the Minsk agreements occur or if Russian-backed separatists seek to gain new territory," said the statement..............http://www.china.org.cn/world/2015-03/04/content_34950012.htm
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  3. US-Vertreter planen diese Woche in Europa Diskussion über weitere Russland-Sanktionen...

    Vertreter der USA werden in dieser Woche in Europa über zusätzliche Sanktionen gegen Russland beraten. Wie US-Vizeaußenministerin Victoria Nuland am Mittwoch sagte, handelt es sich um verschärfte Sanktionen gegen einzelne Branchen der russischen Wirtschaft................http://de.sputniknews.com/politik/20150304/301367318.html#ixzz3TRtUKnlJ
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