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Eštok: The fourteenth package of EU sanctions against Russia will not harm Slovakia’s interests

by AI | 25.Jun 2024 | Europe in brief AI

The fourteenth package of EU sanctions against Russia will not harm Slovakia’s interests, claims the State Secretary of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Slovak Republic, Marek Eštok.

State Secretary of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Slovak Republic Marek Eštok stated that the 14th package of sanctions will not harm Slovakia. Rephoto: TASR

Brussels/Luxembourg – The fourteenth EU sanctions package against Russia, which was approved on Monday by the EU Foreign Affairs Council in Luxembourg, will not harm Slovakia’s interests. This was stated by the State Secretary of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Slovak Republic, Marek Eštok, after the negotiations, reported by the Brussels correspondent of TASR.

Brussels/Luxembourg, June 24 (TASR) – The fourteenth EU sanctions package against Russia, which was approved on Monday by the EU Foreign Affairs Council in Luxembourg, will not harm Slovakia’s interests. This was stated by the State Secretary of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Slovak Republic, Marek Eštok, after the negotiations, reported by the Brussels correspondent of TASR.

Eštok recalled that in addition to the new sanctions package, EU diplomats also discussed relations with the Western Balkan countries, which Slovakia considers very important, as well as the current situation in Georgia.

The new restrictive measures will, among other things, ban investments and the provision of goods, technologies, and services needed to complete Russian liquefied natural gas (LNG) projects. EU facilities can no longer be used to transship Russian LNG to third countries, concerning ship-to-ship and ship-to-land transshipments. This measure does not affect gas imports to the EU, but only the re-export to third countries through the Union.

The EU has added another 116 individuals and legal entities responsible for actions undermining or threatening Ukraine’s territorial integrity, sovereignty, and independence to its sanctions list and has adopted new measures and tools to suppress the circumvention of previously adopted sanctions.

“The 14th sanctions package was formally approved. As before, we adhere to the motto that sanctions should affect the aggressor more than the member countries and Slovakia. The preparation of the package was discussed in collaboration with other ministries to ensure that it does not affect Slovakia’s interests. There are no elements that affect Slovakia’s economic interests,” explained Eštok. He clarified that this also concerns the tightened EU measures regarding Russian liquefied gas.

“The preparation of the package was discussed in collaboration with other ministries to ensure that it does not affect Slovakia’s interests. There are no elements that affect Slovakia’s economic interests.” Marek Eštok