France will discuss with its EU partners the introduction of new sanctions against Russia over the situation in the Ukrainian town of Bucha near Kiev and does not rule out restrictions on the supplies of Russian oil and coal, French President Emmanuel Macron told the France Inter radio station on Monday.
"We plan to coordinate efforts with our European partners, in particular, with Germany," he said.
Responding to a question about the EU’s readiness to reject the oil and coal deliveries from Russia, the French president said that "restrictions in this sphere would be particularly painful." He hopes that this issue will be discussed at the EU level in the near future. "I think that with regards to oil and coal we can move forward and we should move forward in terms of sanctions," Macron said.
