Brushing
aside Russian criticism, the European Union agreed on Thursday to go
ahead with sanctions that include travel bans and asset freezes imposed
on those deemed responsible for the fatal escalation of violence in
Ukraine.
Britain’s foreign secretary, William Hague, said that the foreign ministers had acted because of the “widespread horror” at what had happened in Ukraine but that the number of those affected by the sanctions would depend on the behavior of the Ukrainian government.
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A
day after the United States announced some similar moves, foreign
ministers of the 28-nation European Union said they would devise a list
of those who would be subject to the European sanctions, and that the
sanctions would also ban the export of equipment likely to be used for
repression in Ukraine.
But
the European foreign ministers also left themselves room to continue a
dialogue with President Viktor F. Yanukovych’s government, emphasizing
the importance of political progress in Kiev, where the foreign
ministers of France, Germany and Poland have been trying to mediate.
Britain’s foreign secretary, William Hague, said that the foreign ministers had acted because of the “widespread horror” at what had happened in Ukraine but that the number of those affected by the sanctions would depend on the behavior of the Ukrainian government.
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