No immediate new sanctions on Russia from EU -diplomats


  • World
  • Tuesday, 01 Jul 2014

BRUSSELS (Reuters) - European Union governments decided on Tuesday that they would not immediately impose new sanctions on Russia over the crisis in Ukraine because of a lack of clarity of events on the ground as fighting broke out in the east of the country.

Senior EU diplomats met in Brussels on Tuesday morning to consider whether new measures were needed after a summit of EU leaders on Friday warned Moscow that further sanctions were on the cards if peace talks did not produce results.

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