US welcomes EU decision to extend sanctions against Russia, said on Monday State Department spokesman John Kirby, RIA Novosti reported.
EU Foreign Ministers on Monday extended the economic sanctions against Russia before January 31, 2016, approved the relevant amendments to the decision of the EU sectoral restrictive measures against Russia.
"We welcome the EU's decision to extend the sanctions in response to Russia's aggression in the east of Ukraine", - he told reporters.
According to Kirby, "we, the EU and partners in the big" seven "made it clear that these sanctions are directly related to the full implementation of the agreements in Minsk."
Moscow has repeatedly stated that it is absolutely not implicated to the events in the south-east of Ukraine, does not supply the militias of military equipment and ammunition, not a party to internal Ukrainian conflict. and is interested in the fact that Ukraine has overcome the political and economic crisis.