The withdrawal of all the Russian forces of Ukraine would be one of the main conditions to lift or amend EU sanctions, a European commission spokesman said Wednesday.
The countries of the European Union renewed the two frames of sanctions of the block in Russia for another six months at the end of January already this month. Any change in sanctions requires unanimity among its 27 Member States.
“The end of the unpaved and unjustified Russian aggression in Ukraine and the unconditional withdrawal of all Russian military forces throughout the territory of Ukraine would be one of the main previous conditions to amend or lift sanctions,” said the spokesman.
The United States reached separate agreements on Tuesday with Ukraine and Russia to stop their attacks in the sea and against energy objectives, and Washington agrees to press to raise some sanctions against Moscow.
Russia said on Tuesday that the United States had agreed to help him raise a series of western sanctions and restrictions in food, fertilizers and navigators as previous conditions for a maritime security agreement in the Black Sea.
The diplomats told Reuters that most curbs listed by the Kremlin were related to the sanctions and restrictions of the European Union.
