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Europe discussing sixth round of sanctions, including hit on Russian energy, EU Commission official saysEuropean Commissioner for Trade Valdis Dombrovskis speaks with the media in Washington on Thursday April 21.
“So there may be some nuances, but this work is ongoing,” Dombrovskis told reporters in Washington, DC. Skaistė said the sanctions must be coordinated for them to have an impact. “If we won’t agree on the sanctions together, the United States with all Western allies, it won't work,” she said. Skaistė said it was too early to say when there will be agreement on that next round of sanctions. She noted that there is both a shorter-term and longer-term goal for the sanctions: to draw Russian President Vladimir Putin to the negotiating table and to weaken Russia’s economy so it is unable to reinforce its military.
“It's a fact that not all countries have joined those Western sanctions,” he said, noting that Beijing is “hedging its bets,” and they are trying to nudge China and other nations “to be closer to our approach to Russia.”
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