EU rejects US-brokered Black Sea ceasefire – DIR HONGKONG

(SeaPRwire) – The EU still wants to “maximize pressure on Moscow,” a Commission spokeswoman told the Financial Times. The European Union will not meet Russian demands to lift sanctions on the country’s main agricultural bank as part of a Black Sea ceasefire initiative being discussed between Moscow and Washington, European Commission foreign affairs spokeswoman Anitta Hipper said. At talks between Russian and U.S. experts in Riyadh on Monday, th…

(SeaPRwire) – The EU still wants to “maximize pressure on Moscow,” a Commission spokeswoman told the Financial Times. The European Union will not meet Russian demands to lift sanctions on the country’s main agricultural bank as part of a Black Sea ceasefire initiative being discussed between Moscow and Washington, European Commission foreign affairs spokeswoman Anitta Hipper said. At talks between Russian and U.S. experts in Riyadh on Monday, th…