Official: EU discuss, yet to decide on Russian fuel embargo

BRUSSELS/PARIS/WASHINGTON, Mar 22 (PRIME) -- The E.U. ministers discussed but did not decide on the sanctions against Russian fuel imports at a meeting on Monday, head of the E.U. diplomacy Josep Borrell said.

The official added that any new sanctions are unlikely to be introduced this week. “The leaders will consider again what else can be done in the field of sanctions,” Borrell said.

France’s Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian said that the country had no plans to give the central bank of Ukraine the 22 billion euros of assets of the Russian central bank frozen in France.

Spokeswoman for the U.S. White House Jen Psaki said at a daily briefing that the country did not ask any companies that divested from Russia to leave, it was their independent decision.

"We have not asked any company specifically to take steps to pull out.  We have applauded those who have made that decision, and they are going to have to make decisions of their own regard," Psaki said.

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