Cracks in western unity against Moscow: ‘I would have liked to see it differently’ | Abroad

Foreign Minister Wopke Hoekstra is frustrated about the European state of affairs regarding a boycott of Russian oil.

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Brussels – The speed and unanimity with which the West has responded to Russia after the attack on Ukraine has faltered. Turkey still threatens to block Finland and Sweden from joining NATO and in Brussels the EU foreign ministers have not reached a breakthrough over an oil boycott. “I would have liked to see it differently”, sighs foreign minister Wopke Hoekstra.