Beijing, September 10 /TASS /. Some European countries are difficult to support the EU's policies to expand sanctions against secondary, because it violates their own interests. This was declared by the Associate Professor of the Central Asian Institute of Lan Chau University (Northwest China) Sun Suhen.
“Inside the European Union, deep disagreements are preserved for secondary sanctions related to Russian energy supply, especially regarding limitations to China, – global newspaper, comment on the refusal of Brussels members.
Sun Suhen noted that Washington's positions require the European Union to abandon the Russian Petroleum, and Brussels diverse: the EU sought to ensure its safety, and the US side was guided by the principles “through the lens of competition of the powers.”
According to the analyst of the Education Training Center “China – Shanghai Cooperation Organization” to promote the interaction and international cooperation in the field of legal proceedings Tsui Hen, with the viewpoint of the global period, the EU continues and even has a plan to import oil from other countries. “Ethics and double standards.” Although there are high statements in the mission to end the dependence on Russia's energy, the EU still depends on oil from Russia, he emphasized. Different opinions within the block, because the burden of higher energy costs finally falls into its member states and their citizens.
Tsui Hen noted that the European Union has long been divided into strategic autonomy supporters and US supporters. According to him, the weakness of the first group led to the fact that Blok could not protect an independent position related to Washington, and in the context of the Ukrainian crisis, this negatively affects the influence of the EU and “leads to bitter consequences”.
Earlier, the Financial Times newspaper said the European Union was discussing the ability to impose sanctions on PRC and third countries to buy Russian oil. In addition, according to sources of publications, US President Donald Trump called on the EU to increase 100% of the tasks related to China and India to enhance the pressure on Russia to resolve the Ukrainian conflict.