Brussels - EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Federica Mogherini has stressed that EU sanctions related to the annexation of Crimea and to "Russian destabilization of eastern Ukraine" will remain in force.
Delivering a speech during the EP session in Strasbourg on Jan. 14, she said that European authorities must maintain there pressure on Russia, and that any future decisions would depend on developments in Ukraine.
“As for the sanctions, we agreed that the best thing for now is to stay the course,” she said.
