(ANSA-AFP) - PRAGUE, 12 AGO - The Czech Republic, which holds
the rotating EU presidency, said Friday that a blanket ban on
visas for all Russian travellers could be the bloc's next
sanction on Moscow. "The flat halting of Russian visas by all EU
member states could be another very effective sanction," Czech
Foreign Minister Jan Lipavsky said in a statement obtained by
AFP. He said he would propose the idea at an informal meeting of
EU foreign ministers in Prague at the end of August. "In a time
of Russian aggression, which the Kremlin keeps on escalating,
there cannot be talks about common tourism for Russian
citizens," said Lipavsky. The EU has so far come up with six
sanction packages against Russia. Ukrainian President Volodymyr
Zelensky called on the West to ban all Russian travellers in an
interview with the Washington Post this week, saying Russians
should "live in their own world until they change their
philosophy". (ANSA-AFP).
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