The Netherlands proposes the EU to create a special headquarters to control sanctions against Russia - the media

"At this time, we have too little opportunities in the EU to analyze, coordinate and promote new sanctions-so I would like us to create a headquarters of sanctions in Brussels," said the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Netherlands Vopke Hextra, said Journalists. The Dutch official believes that EU member states can combine information and resources on the effectiveness of sanctions and evasion of Russia.

In his opinion, the headquarters can create a control list of sectors and shopping flows, in which the risk of bypassing the sanctions by the Russians is particularly high. "Companies will be obliged to include in their contracts the ultimate use so that their products do not get into the Russian military machine," Vopke Hextra suggested. The Dutch Minister shared with journalists that the Hague began to spread the proposal last week.

According to the official, the idea of ​​creating the headquarters has already been supported by other countries: Germany, France, Spain and Italy. Euractiv reports that the editorial board saw a fresh version of the document. It was signed by Belgium, Czech Republic, Estonia, Finland Latvia, Lithuania and Romania.

"The EU must use its collective economic force and criminal justice systems against those who help evading sanctions, calling them names, ashamed, imprisoning and pursuing them," Vopke He were told journalists. The media reports that the proposal also includes aiming at countries that do not support sanctions against Russia and help aggressor countries bypass them. "We must signal a strong signal to persons and organizations in third countries.

Providing financial support for military and defense-industrial base of Russia will have serious consequences on their access to the EU market," the Netherlands said in the media information. When asked Euractiv, whether the headquarters will confiscate and freeze Russian assets, the Dutch minister could not answer. He said that the details would need to be clarified.

"It is absolutely clear to me that it will be a fundamental part of our future geopolitical tools that we need more for this specific purpose for this particular war," the Netherlands Minister said. We will remind, on February 20 the media with reference to the statement of the intelligence agency Mivd reported that the suspicious Russian ship was exploring how the energy system in the North Sea works.

They believe that Russia is preparing to sabotage the operation of the power system and for this purpose is a map of a park of wind turbines. Dutch intelligence services assume that the Russian Federation seeks to undermine one of the infrastructure. On February 17, the Dutch edition of Reformatorisch Dagblad reported that the Cabinet of Ministers of the Netherlands approved the decision to create a Schaderegister in the Hague.