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EU permanent reps to consider rationality of keeping in place sanctions against Russia

Ambassadors of 28 members-states will review implementation of peace plan in Ukraine, compliance with ceasefire, results of Verkhovna Rada election, and Russia’s role in settling crisis in south-east

COPERER has the power to take decisions on revoking or altering sanctions.

“The ambassadors’ job now is to analyze the situation and to give recommendations to the EU Council of Foreign Ministers,” one of the ambassadors told TASS. The problem is the sanctions were introduced at a summit meeting of the EU and any considerable changes in them may also require decisions at the level of the heads of state and government.

Unanimous support by all the member-states of the EU is mandatory for any decisions on the mitigation of sanctions.