The G7 did not agree on new sanctions against Russia

This issue was postponed pending an investigation of use of chemical weapons.

The foreign Ministers of the countries “big seven” are unable to agree on a possible extension of sanctions against Russia and Syria at a meeting in Italy.

This was announced by French foreign Minister Jean-Marc Ayrault.

Earlier, the Minister of foreign Affairs of great Britain, Boris Johnson said that the meeting will discuss the possible extension of sanctions against senior military officials from Russia and Syria. This would be the first sanctions imposed against Russia over Syria. However, even before the meeting, it became clear that any sanctions will likely not be approved part of the G-7, for example Germany and Italy.

In the end, the issue of new sanctions has decided to postpone until the end of the investigation of chemical attack in the Syrian province of Idlib.In addition to the foreign Ministers of the countries “the big seven” the meeting was also attended by representatives of Turkey, Saudi Arabia, UAE, Jordan and Qatar. They all oppose the regime of Bashar Assad. After meeting U.S. Secretary of state Rex Tillerson will go to Moscow with the intention to convince Russia to abandon support for Assad.

The US President Donald trump and the British Prime Minister Theresa may previously agreed that support for Assad is no longer in the strategic interests of Russia.

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