Dutch Ambassador to Ukraine: Sanctions against Russia cannot be fully "watertight"
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Thu, 26 Dec 2024 11:04:20 +0200
Alle Dorhout, Dutch Ambassador to Ukraine, has said that sanctions against Russia cannot be entirely watertight until every country introduces and enforces them, the sanctions will continue to have large loopholes.
Source Alle Dorhout in an interview with Ukrinform, as reported by European Pravda Details Dorhout was asked what could be done to prevent Russia from evading sanctions.
He said the most important thing was to understand that sanctions are a tool for exerting external political pressure.
Quote And it is only one of the tools availablean important one, but not watertight.
It is difficult to introduce sanctions that would be 100 watertight, Dorhout said.
According to Dorhout, without every country introducing and enforcing sanctions, and while China, for instance, supplied Russia with goods required by its defence industry, there will be large loopholes in the sanctions.
Still, Dorhout said he hopes that following the recent introduction of the 15th sanctions package by the European Union, the 16th such package will be introduced under the Polish presidency of the Council of the European Union lasting from 1 January to 30 June 2025.
We are working on improving our sanctions again and again, but we understand that certain loopholes will always remain, he said.
Dorhout also asserted that Russias defence industry should be the urgent target for sanctions.
But again, it is extremely difficult.
It is very difficult for the European Union and its partners to break Russias union with North Korea and Iran and Russias important economic ties with China, he explained.
Background On 19 December, Bloomberg reported that the Group of Seven countries are discussing a possible reduction in the socalled price cap for Russian oil transported by sea to limit Russias oil revenues.
On 16 December, the Council of the European Union adopted the 15th package of economic and individual restrictive measures, which included North Korean officials and Chinese suppliers of drone kits.
On 25 December, the Washington Post reported that Joe Bidens administration has been considering the introduction of new serious sanctions targeting Russias energy sector before the end of the US presidents term.
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