The President of the Government, António Costa, defended this Thursday that it is essential to maintain the sanctions against Russia and Belarus, but warned that it is necessary to guarantee that African and Latin American countries do not suffer “undesired collateral consequences”.
“We can never ignore that in these sanctions against Russia and in the sanctions against Belarus we have to preserve the conditions so that all other third countries, namely African countries and Latin American countries, do not suffer unintended collateral consequences,” said António Costa, shortly before the start of the European Council meeting, in Brussels, Belgium.
The Portuguese Prime Minister added that the EU has to consider the possibility of blocking agricultural production “through these sanctions” and that this influences the union between the countries – and that the EU wants to extend to more States – that are putting pressure on Russia. to end the conflict in Ukraine.
Source: TSF
