“Sweden is ready to work to reach a consensus within the European Union to include Wagner on the European Union’s list of terrorist organizations as soon as the legal conditions are in place,” said the Swedish minister. of Foreign Affairs Tobias Bilstrom at Dagens Nyheter.
On Tuesday, France’s National Assembly unanimously passed a resolution calling on the French government to “mobilize diplomacy” to put the group on this list in order to more effectively punish Wagner members and their supporters, including financially. .
The Swedish foreign minister added to the newspaper that “the Wagner group has committed terrible violations, especially in Sudan, Mali, Syria and Ukraine.
“For the group to be subject to EU sanctions linked to terrorist organisations, a judicial authority or an equivalent competent national authority, such as a court or a prosecutor, must decide to open an investigation against the group. or charge him with an act of terrorism,” he explained.
In March, the Lithuanian parliament adopted a resolution describing Wagner as a “terrorist organization”, in a move hailed by Kyiv.
Foreign ministers from the 27 EU countries will meet in Stockholm on Friday.
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