Reported by The Baltic Times

Latvia’s stance in relation to sanctions against Russia is very serious and determined, said Tom Keatinge, Director of the Centre for Financial Crime & Security Studies (CFCS) at The Royal United Services Institute (RUSI), in an interview with LETA.

“Of the countries we have visited, you are the most determined ones. Not only in words, but also deeds. There were no questions you people could not answer,” he said.

He noted that Latvia would like to see even stricter sanctions in the EU, while the EU still is united in this respect, even for a longer period than it was expected. And it is also very important that the tenth package of sanctions has been adopted unanimously.

Keatinge said that now the most important issue is full implementation of sanctions, which in other countries is not as good as in Latvia. The EU sanctions are binding for all member states, while some countries are engaging in the process actively, while others do not show any initiative.

Latvia, Lithuania and Poland are very active, coming up with proposals, but this is not so in such countries as Portugal.

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