Argentina: Sanctions against Russia do not lead to peace.
Argentina’s foreign minister has said that sanctions are not a good way to achieve peace, adding that his country will not join anti-Russian sanctions.
Despite widespread pressure from the United States and the European Union on its allies on other continents to comply with and adhere to anti-Russian sanctions, Argentina opposes the effectiveness of the sanctions.
Argentine Foreign Minister Santiago Cafeiro said Sunday morning that his country did not intend to join the anti-Russian campaign because it saw the destructive role of sanctions.
“Announcing sanctions and a [Russian] siege is not a constructive way to achieve peace, dialogue and diplomatic negotiations,” Caffeiro said in an interview, according to the RIA Novosti website.
He stressed that Argentina calls on Russia and Ukraine for dialogue.
According to RIA Novosti, he explained that there is currently no legal framework in Argentina to impose unilateral sanctions on Russia.
“In fact, there is a law that prohibits this,” the Argentine foreign minister explained.
Earlier, the Bloomberg website reported that with the imposition of about 3,000 new sanctions against Russia by the United States and its allies, the country is among the top countries in the world in terms of sanctions.
