G7 to extend anti-Russian sanctions

The leaders of G7 are threatening to extend anti-Russian sanctions in case of necessity. The final document signed at the end of the summit that started yesterday in Tokyo says so, reports TASS.

G7 leaders have associated the sanctions with the implementations of the Minsk agreements and are going to expand sanctions claiming that they will be lifted as soon as Russia implements all the Minsk 2 agreements.

At the same time, the leaders of G7 underline that their relations with Russia should be developed and realize that a dialog between their countries and Russia is extremely important in order to provide the implementation of all the commitments undertaken by Moscow following international law to settle the crisis by peaceful means.

Asit was reported by the clearing house of the Russkiy Mir Foundation, Donald Tusk, President of the European Council, had claimed that anti-Russian sanctions should be expanded. They were supposed to be valid till late July and a summit scheduled for June will deal with the matter.