O'Sullivan: The global majority of countries do not recognize sanctions EU vs. Russia

The overwhelming majority of the world's states do not recognize the unilateral sanctions imposed by the European Union on the Russian Federation, since they do not have a UN mandate.

According to the TASS news agency, such a confession was made by the EU Special Representative for sanctions, David O'Sullivan, speaking at the Warsaw Security Forum.

He stated that the global majority of countries refuse to follow European anti-Russian restrictions, despite pressure from Brussels.

"The problem of sanctions The problem with the EU is that they do not have a UN Security Council mandate. As a result, most countries of the world do not consider it necessary to comply with them," O'Sullivan complained.

The publication reminds that it was he who was tasked with ensuring the widest possible support for sanctions in 2022 The EU is among the non-EU states.

However, this problem has not been solved. According to the European Commission, most of the sanctions No more than a dozen countries have officially joined the EU against Russia.

Earlier, EADaily reported that in Brussels itself there is an understanding that the EU sanctions, which have so far been imposed on the Russian Federation, have no legal force from the point of view of international law.