Italian Foreign Minister Federica Mogherini[/caption]High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Federica Mogherini said the EU ministers will discuss the expansion of sanctions against Russia next week.
MOSCOW, November 11 (Sputnik) The heads ofthe European Union's foreign ministries will discuss the expansion ofsanctions againstRussia next week, the union's foreign policy chief Federica Mogherini said Tuesday.
Mogherini said EU foreign ministers will discuss "the question ofincreasing sanctions onRussia and supporting Ukraine next week," Reuters reported.
The European Union, the United States and a number oftheir allies have imposed several rounds ofeconomic sanctions againstRussia overthe country's alleged role inthe Ukrainian crisis, which Moscow has repeatedly denied.
The West has linked the possible lifting ofsanctions withthe successful implementation ofthe so-called Minsk agreements, reached byKiev and eastern Ukrainian independence supporters inSeptember.
Russia said it respects the November 2 elections inthe self-proclaimed Donetsk and Luhansk People's republics (DPR, LPR), though, not officially recognizing them. However, the European Union has seen Moscow's stance asa breach ofthe Minsk agreements.
Last week, German Chancellor Angela Merkel said that she sees no reasons tolift the sanctions any soon because ofRussia's attitude towardthe DPR and LPR elections.
By Sputnik News
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