In France, they spoke about the annoyance of Europeans due to the US anti-Russian sanctions. This was stated by the former Ambassador of France in the United States and the special price of President Emmanuel Macron on cooperation with Russia in Security Pierre Vimon in an interview with the newspaper “Eco”, reports TASS.
According to him, the US exterritoric sanctions continue to strengthen and become a favorite tool for punishment of those who are not followed by Washington’s political line against Moscow and Tehran. Politician stressed that more and more Europeans find this behavior inadmissible. So, Vimon noted that it was clear to all that was realized in Berlin, faced with sanctions against the North Stream-2 gas pipeline.
Ex-Ambassador added that it is necessary to create working instruments of opposition to American sanctions. In an open letter, he proposed the European Union (EU) to prohibit access to the EU territory to persons responsible for the introduction of exterritorial sanctions, freeze the assets of some American companies and other measures.
was previously reported that Germany attempts to persuade the United States not to impose sanctions against the North Stream-2 gas pipeline during negotiations at different levels. The Cabinet statement states that in 2020-2021 the government also participated in the demarches of several EU member states in Washington against these US sanctions.