The European Union adopted 10 packages of sanctions against Russia following the invasion of Ukraine. The 11th package, which is now being negotiated, will focus of the third countries that are intentionally circumventing EU sanctions.
Will Georgia be among the countries on which the new package of sanctions will be put?
EU Sanctions Envoy David O'Sullivan will visit Tbilisi in the coming weeks. Before serving on this post, he was Secretary-General of the European Commission and senior EU diplomat,
He is currently visiting a number of countries allegedly involved in parallel imports to Russia -he has already visited Turkey, Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan and Serbia.
On May 9, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen announced the 11th round of sanctions in honor of Europe Day.
“If we see that goods from the EU reach Russia via third countries, we can offer member states to impose sanctions on these goods,” Ursula von der Leyen said at a press conference with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky.
The new package will focus on preventing Russia from circumventing EU sanctions via third countries. The document, which is currently under development, says that activities aimed at circumventing sanctions undermine the purpose and effectiveness of the prohibition measures imposed by the European Union.
