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Thursday, February 24, 2022

EU to decide travel ban on Russians at summit

“All measures will be discussed at the summit on Thursday,” An EU foreign policy service said.

• February 24, 2022
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EU Parliament (credit: express.co.uk)

The European Union said decisions on possible ban visas for Russians will be discussed during its summit on Thursday.

“All measures will be discussed at the summit on Thursday,” An EU foreign policy service said.

“We will have an emergency EU summit tonight where decisions will be made on all relevant measure, so we need to wait.’’

Belgium suggested earlier, to consider suspending the issuance of visas to the EU for all Russians, with the exception of humanitarian visas, as part of sanctions against Russia. 

(Sputnik/NAN)

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