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EU won't discuss new Russia sanctions package on Wed, no new date set
Published by Global Banking and Finance Review
Posted on September 16, 2025
1 min readLast updated: January 21, 2026
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Published by Global Banking and Finance Review
Posted on September 16, 2025
1 min readLast updated: January 21, 2026
The EU has postponed its 19th sanctions package against Russia, removing it from the COREPER agenda with no new date set.
BRUSSELS (Reuters) -The European Union's 19th package of sanctions against Russia over its invasion of Ukraine was removed from the agenda of a meeting of EU government representatives in Brussels on Wednesday, EU diplomats said.
The meeting of ambassadors of EU governments to the European Union, called the COREPER, was to discuss the package that the European Commission has long been working on and no new date for the discussions was set, the diplomats said.
"It was taken off the COREPER agenda late yesterday afternoon. No new date is planned," one diplomat said.
(Reporting by Jan Strupczewski)
The European Union's 19th package of sanctions against Russia was removed from the agenda of a meeting of EU government representatives in Brussels.
No new date is planned for the discussion of the sanctions package, as confirmed by a diplomat.
The meeting was to involve ambassadors of EU governments to the European Union, known as COREPER.
The European Commission has been long working on the 19th package of sanctions against Russia due to its invasion of Ukraine.
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