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Mogherini says to hold off fresh sanctions over Ukraine until Feb. 16

Xinhua, February 10, 2015 Adjust font size:

The European Union (EU) foreign policy chief Federica Mogherini on Monday confirmed that the EU foreign ministers have agreed to hold off fresh sanctions over Ukraine issue until next Monday.

"We discussed and adopted the list of additional names of 19 individuals and 9 entities, that will be subject to asset freeze and visa ban, as it was decided to be followed up in our last meeting 10 days ago," Mogherini told a press conference after a summit of EU foreign ministers in Brussels.

"In order to give space for our diplomatic efforts to be developed with the maximum chances for success, We decided unanimously to put the entry into force of the measures on hold until Monday on Feb. 16," she added.

Earlier in the day, French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius said the EU foreign ministers delayed the new sanctions merely to give a chance for peace negotiations with Russian President Vladimir Putin to succeed. Endit