BRUSSELS, February 20. /ITAR-TASS/. European Union has taken a decision to impose restrictions on the issuance of travel visas to the Ukrainian officials, whom it deems responsible for the use of violence in Ukraine, Reuters said quoting Italian Foreign Minister Emma Bonino.
An EU ministerial gathering in Brussels also decided to freeze the officials’ financial accounts, should the latter be tracked down in the West.
According to Reuters, Bonino said the position had been agreed with the French, German and Polish foreign ministers currently staying in Kiev to hold negotiations with President Viktor Yanukovich.
"The decision is to proceed very rapidly, in the next hours, to a visa ban and asset freeze on those who have committed the violence," she told reporters.
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ReplyDeleteThe resolution passed by the parliament also calls for releasing all detained protesters and prohibits police from blocking roads.
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