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EU's Tusk says sure EU will roll over Russia sanctions

Ersin Çelik
15:30 - 30/11/2018 Friday
Update: 16:41 - 30/11/2018 Friday
REUTERS
 Donald Tusk
Donald Tusk

European Council President Donald Tusk said on Friday he was sure that EU leaders will roll over sanctions on Russia at a summit he will chair in two weeks due to Moscow's action against Ukraine's navy in the Sea of Azov.

Europe is united in our support for Ukraine’s sovereignty and territorial integrity. This is why I am sure that the EU will roll over the sanctions against Russia in December.

“Europe is united in our support for Ukraine’s sovereignty and territorial integrity,” Donald Tusk said in a Twitter post.

Tusk was speaking to reporters during a G20 meeting in Buenos Aires.

No deal or no Brexit if UK parliament rejects deal

Britain's choice would be to leave the European Union without a deal or abandon Brexit altogether if its parliament rejects an agreement between the EU and Prime Minister Theresa May, European Council President Donald Tusk said on Friday.

"A few days before the vote in the House of Commons, it is becoming more and more clear that this deal is the best possible -- in fact, the only possible one," Tusk said, ruling out any renegotiation by the EU if the British parliament votes down last Sunday's deal on Dec. 11.

"If this deal is rejected in the Commons, we are left with ... an alternative: no deal or no Brexit at all. I want to reassure you that the EU is prepared for every scenario," he said told Reuters during the G20 meeting in Argentina.

Tusk will chair an EU summit two days after the British parliament votes on a deal that May has also said is the best London can get. Britain is due to leave the EU on March 29, although some campaigners hope the withdrawal can be stopped.

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