Ukraine and eight other countries have supported the decision of the European Union Council to extend personal sanctions against Russia for its full-scale invasion.
This was written in the the statement by the EU's foreign affairs chief, Josep Borrell.
Borrell reminded that on March 12, the EU Council decided to renew the regime for a further six months until 15 September 2024, updated the entries for 97 individuals and nine entities. Additionally, the entries for nine deceased persons, as well as those for three other persons are deleted from the list of persons, entities and bodies set out in the Annex to Decision 2014/145/CFSP.
"The candidate countries North Macedonia, Montenegro, Albania, Ukraine, Republic of Moldova and Bosnia and Herzegovina2, as well as the EFTA countries Iceland, Liechtenstein and Norway, members of the European Economic Area, align themselves with this Council Decision," he added.
According to the EU's foreign affairs chief, the aforementioned countries will ensure compliance with their national policies with this Council decision.
