(Tasnim) – The European Union has reached the limit of its capabilities to impose financial sanctions on Russia, the bloc's foreign affairs chief Josep Borrell said on Thursday.
"With regard to financial sanctions, of course, you can always go further, but we have already reached the limits of what we can do. We did everything we could", Borrell told France Info in an interview.
The EU foreign policy chief underlined that the bloc must "avoid going to war with Russia because otherwise it would be the third world war".
Regarding a possible ban on Russian gas and oil - a measure taken earlier by the United States, Borrell said that it would be much more difficult for the EU to do than for Washington, Sputnik reported.
"For the United States, it's not too difficult because they consume almost no Russian oil", he explained. "Saying 'I won't do what I'm not already doing' doesn't have much merit".
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