Brussels - European Union governments will decide on a package of new sanctions against Russia by Friday, Italian Foreign Minister Federica Mogherini told the European parliament on Tuesday, Sept. 2, calling for "the strongest possible response."
Mogherini, who will be the bloc’s next foreign policy chief, said the European Commission, the EU executive, will present a strengthened package of sanctions against Russia over its military invasion of Ukraine by Wednesday, Sept. 3.
EU ambassadors will meet on Thursday and Friday and the decision will be taken by Friday, Mogherini said, the Bloomberg agency reported.
“We need to respond in the strongest possible way,” Mogherini told reporters following a presentation to EU lawmakers in the European Parliament.
