During today's proceedings of the 2nd part of the session of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe, MEP Mr. Mr. Nicos Tornaritis, head of the Cypriot delegation to the Assembly, addressed a question to the President of the Italian Republic, Mr. Sergio Mattarella, who addressed the Plenary Assembly as the representative of the current Italian Presidency in the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe.
Tornaritis pointed out that certain Council of Europe member states, which are also NATO members and candidates for accession to the European Union, such as Turkey, do not participate and apparently have no intention of participating in the collective sanctions imposed on the Russian Federation as a consequence of its invasion of Ukraine.
Mr. Tornaritis asked for the Italian President's opinion as to whether the two-measure, two-stop logic followed by the international community with regard to Russia on the one hand and Turkey on the other, which chooses not to apply the planned sanctions for its own benefit, serves the objective of peace and does not harm the effectiveness of the sanctions against Russia.
In his reply, the President of the Italian Republic, Mr. Mattarella, reaffirmed his country's commitment to the universal application of sanctions against Russia. At the same time, he called on all countries acceding to the European Union, including Turkey, to implement the sanctions in full and to align themselves fully with the relevant decisions of the Union.
(MGM/IK)
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