Our country has never blocked possible measures once morest Russia in connection with the diamond sector, Prime Minister Alexander De Croo said on Wednesday at the microphone of the program De ochtend on Radio 1 (VRT). Rumors had previously circulated regarding it.
From the Belgian point of view, additional sanctions once morest Russian interests, following the invasion of Ukraine, are still being considered”with an open mind“, explained the Prime Minister. And it is crucial that these measures are taken by all European countries. The reasoning of the European Commission is that the measures must hit the adversary harder than ourselves.
Since then, “our country has never blocked measures related to the diamond sector“, underlined the Prime Minister.