Russia faces sanctions if it forcibly redraws map of Europe - Finnish Foreign Ministry
Finnish Foreign Minister Pekka Haavisto has threatened the Kremlin with strong economic sanctions. This will happen if Russia invades Ukraine or launches an active hybrid operation.
This was reported by Yle.
"If things start to unfold under the worst-case scenario, the West will obviously react with additional economic sanctions. I really want to believe that this will not happen", - Haavisto said.
He noted that sanctions await Moscow if it "begins to redraw the map of Europe by force."
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"But if one of the parties starts using force to redraw the map of Europe and interfere in the sovereignty of other states, the first step in response will be strong economic sanctions", - the Finnish Foreign Minister stated.
What is known
- On the evening of January 2, US President Joseph Biden and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyi had a telephone conversation. In particular, they discussed issues of preventing further escalation of the situation on the Ukrainian-Russian border, joint actions to preserve peace in Europe and reforms in Ukraine.
- US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken discussed with the Foreign Ministers of France, Germany and Britain the response to Russia's aggression.
- The United States is pushing the European Union to agree on a new package of sanctions against Russia as soon as possible in the event of a large-scale Russian invasion of Ukraine.
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