The European Union Member States agreed, on Thursday 15 December, on the ninth package of sanctions against Russia (see EUROPE B13079A1).
“We have succeeded in reaching an agreement on the ninth sanctions package. (...) Once again, we are finding the way to be firm (...) to put pressure on the Kremlin’s war machine and at the same time we are ensuring that food security, the EU’s commitment not to threaten food security, is guaranteed”, announced the President of the European...