{"id":5800,"date":"2022-04-08T11:06:41","date_gmt":"2022-04-08T09:06:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/weekly.uhm.org.mt\/?post_type=article&p=5800"},"modified":"2022-04-08T11:08:49","modified_gmt":"2022-04-08T09:08:49","slug":"il-mpe-jitolbu-embargo-totali-fuq-l-importazzjoni-ta-zejt-faham-fuel-nukleari-u-gass-mir-russja","status":"publish","type":"article","link":"http:\/\/weekly.uhm.org.mt\/en\/article\/il-mpe-jitolbu-embargo-totali-fuq-l-importazzjoni-ta-zejt-faham-fuel-nukleari-u-gass-mir-russja\/","title":{"rendered":"MEPs demand full embargo on Russian imports of oil, coal, nuclear fuel and gas"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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In a resolution adopted with 513 votes to 22 and 19 abstentions, MEPs call for additional punitive measures, including \u201can immediate full embargo on Russian imports of oil, coal, nuclear fuel and gas\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This should be accompanied by a plan to ensure the EU\u2019s security of energy supply, as well as a strategy to \u201croll back sanctions in case Russia takes steps towards restoring Ukraine\u2019s independence, sovereignty, territorial integrity within its internationally recognised borders and completely removes its troops from the territory of Ukraine\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Exclude Russia from G20 and other multilateral organisations<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Existing sanctions must now be fully and effectively implemented throughout the EU and by the EU\u2019s international allies as a matter of priority, insist MEPs. They call on EU leaders to exclude Russia from the G20 and other multilateral organisations, such as UNHRC, Interpol, the World Trade Organisation, UNESCO and others, \u201cwhich would be an important sign that the international community will not return to business as usual with the aggressor state\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

To make the sanctions more effective, the Parliament calls for Russian banks to be excluded from the SWIFT system, for all vessels connected to Russia to be banned from entering EU territorial waters and docking at EU ports and for road freight transport from and to Russia and Belarus to be prohibited. MEPs also demand the seizure of \u201call assets belonging to Russian officials or the oligarchs associated with Putin\u2019s regime, their proxies and strawmen, as well as those in Belarus linked to Lukashenka\u2019s regime\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Pointing to Belarus\u2019 involvement in the war in Ukraine, the resolution demands that sanctions on Belarus mirror those introduced against Russia in order to close any loopholes allowing Putin to use Lukashenka\u2019s aid to circumvent sanctions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Arms deliveries must continue and be stepped up<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

MEPs refer to the shocking atrocities, \u201cthat undeniably amount to war crimes\u201d, committed by Russian troops in Ukraine and particularly in Bucha, and the complete or almost complete destruction of Mariupol, Volnovakha and other cities and villages (recitals C & D). They stress that perpetrators of war crimes must be held accountable and call for a special UN tribunal for the crimes in Ukraine to be set up.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Parliament reiterates that deliveries of weapons must continue and be stepped up to allow Ukraine to effectively defend itself. MEPs support further defensive aid given to the Ukrainian armed forces individually by EU member states and collectively through the European Peace Facility.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Noting that nearly 6.5 million Ukrainian citizens have been internally displaced and more than 4 million have fled the country<\/a> due to the war (recital B), MEPs call for safe humanitarian corridors to evacuate civilians fleeing bombardments and for the EU\u2019s humanitarian aid networks in Ukraine to be boosted.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

They condemn the Russian rhetoric hinting that they could potentially resort to using weapons of mass destruction and emphasise that any such deployment would be met with the severest of consequences.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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