EU leaders to demand new sanctions on Belarus, North Korea and Iran - Bloomberg

EU leaders to demand new sanctions on Belarus, North Korea and Iran - Bloomberg

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The EU leaders will demand new sanctions against Belarus, North Korea and Iran for helping Russia wage war against Ukraine, further restrictions on Russia's access to military components, and condemn Israel's decision to allow the construction of new settlements in the West Bank.

Next week, European Union leaders will demand new sanctions against Belarus, North Korea and Iran for their role in helping Russia wage war against Ukraine. This was reported by Bloomberg, according to UNN.

Russia's access to sensitive components and technologies that are essential to warfighting should be further restricted,

- reads the draft conclusions of the March 21-22 EU leaders' summit, which was made available to the publication.

Details

According to the document, the restrictions should include measures against entities in third countries that facilitate the illegal trade in military components with Russia.

The press release also says that EU leaders will also discuss progress in utilizing the frozen assets of the Russian central bank.

They will also condemn Israel's recent decision to allow the construction of another 3,500 homes for its citizens in the West Bank, one of the two main Palestinian territories along with Gaza.

Recall

The European Union adopted the 13th package of sanctions against Russia, further tightening restrictions on its military and defense sector in response to Russia's ongoing invasion of Ukraine.