Sanctions on Russian oil and coal are currently “in talksat European level, said the French Secretary of State. A measure supported by the Minister of Foreign Affairs.
While the European Union is preparing a new salvo of sanctions against Moscow after the abuses committed in Boutcha, France wants to tackle the Russian energy sector head-on. “Oil hurts Russia a lot. “Tapping” on oil is very important“, declared the French Secretary of State for European Affairs Clément Beaune this Tuesday morning on RFI.
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He added that sanctions on Russian oil and coal were “in talks“at the European level, saying that they hope they see the light of day”very quicklywithout mentioning the possibility that they are subject to an embargo. The Secretary of State also called on the EU to act “quicklyon Russian gas, which Germany said it could not do without.short term“. In France, “there is enough gas in our stocks not to have supply difficulties“, assured Clément Beaune.
In addition, the member of the French government indicated that the new European sanctions in preparation should probably be adopted on Wednesday, during a new meeting in Brussels. They should covereconomic sectors that are hurting Russia, I am thinking of wood, cement, fertilizers“, he specified.
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A measure supported by the head of the Quai d’Orsay Jean-Yves Le Drian, during a conference with his German counterpart Annalena Baerbock. The Minister of Foreign Affairs considers that the new sanctions being studied within the European Union against Russia “will have to integrate oil and coal” Russians.
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