(ANSA-AFP) - BRUSSELS, JAN 27 - The European Union on Monday
agreed to extend its sanctions against Russia over the war in
Ukraine, after Hungary agreed to the move following weeks of
stalling. "EU foreign ministers just agreed to extend again the
sanctions on Russia. This will continue to deprive Moscow of
revenues to finance its war," the bloc's foreign affairs chief
Kaja Kallas wrote on X. The EU's 27 states have to agree
unanimously to extend the sanctions every six months and the
next deadline was looming on January 31. Hungary -- one of the
friendliest countries to Russia in the EU -- had left other
member states fuming by refusing to greenlight the latest
roll-over. Budapest at first said it wanted to wait for new US
President Donald Trump's inauguration to sign off. Once that
passed, Prime Minister Viktor Orban then insisted Brussels push
Ukraine to reopen a gas pipeline running to Central Europe.
(ANSA-AFP).
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