Foreign Affairs Minister Bogdan Aurescu declared on Monday, before attending the EU Foreign Affairs Council meeting in Brussels, that he will „insist” that a new sanction package against Russia is adopted as soon as possible, write Agerpres.

„I will support the approval of the eighth military aid package for Ukraine from the European Peace Facility. At the same time, I will insist that the 11th round of sanctions against Russia is adopted, as well as the measures to prevent the circumvention of these sanctions,” the Romanian foreign minister pointed out.

He said that one of the topics he will tackle at the FAC meeting is Romania’s multidimensional assistance to Ukraine, which includes support for the people who fled the war and the transit of grain from the neighboring country.

„I will insist for the creation of a tribunal to prosecute aggression crimes [in Ukraine]. I think that a hybrid court with a strong international presence could be one of the viable solutions,” Aurescu added.

He welcomed the creation of the EU mission to the Republic of Moldova and the fact that it is led by a Romanian diplomat, Cosmin Dinescu.

At the FAC meeting, the foreign minister will present the situation of the procedures launched by Romania together with other states for applying targeted sanctions to the persons listed as „acting against the stability of the Republic of Moldova”.

Aurescu noted that these sanctions were launched in „record time” since his proposal, on February 20. „I hope that these lists are adopted as fast as possible,” he said.

„Amid Russia’s aggression against Ukraine and the [Russian] campaign of disinformation and propaganda, it is important that we create a common space of resilience, together with the Western Balkan states,” the Romanian foreign minister underscored.