(ANSA) - BRUSSELS, DEC 13 - Green light of the EU Foreign Affairs Council, according to what is learned, to the package of sanctions against the Russian paramilitary organization of Wagner, which according to the EU is involved in activities of "destabilization" and violations of human rights in Libya, Mali, Syria and Ukraine.
The sanctions concern, in addition to Wagner, eight physical persons and three entities linked to the Russian agency and include the ban on travel to the EU and the freezing of assets located in Europe. Wagner is accused by the Union of "triggering violence, plundering natural resources", as well as being a supporter of "intimidation of civilians" in Syria, Libya, Ukraine and the Central African Republic. Furthermore, the paramilitary group is expanding its "malignant presence" in the Sahele for this reason it constitutes a "threat" for the inhabitants of those areas, for the macro-region and for the EU, reads the conclusions of the Foreign Affairs Council.
The go-ahead came unanimously and signals "the strong determination of the EU in protecting its own interests and in dealing with those who threaten international peace and security", we read.
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