烏克蘭外長：俄羅斯並非存在於真空，制裁行之有效

The Ukraine's foreign minister applauded decisions announced this week by Canada and the European Union (EU) as “important” in demonstrating the international community's solidarity with Ukraine and sending a clear message to Russia.

EU Council President Donald Tusk announced on Thursday that leaders of the organization's 28 member states were “united on the rollover of economic sanctions on Russia.”

The European Union's sanctions post constraints for Russia's access to the coveted EU markets. Initially, they were put in place in 2014 “in response to the illegal annexation of Crimea and deliberate destabilization of a neighboring sovereign country." The EU said the sanctions are kept under “constant review” in order that they continue to contribute toward their stated objectives.

Earlier this week, the Canadian government added Ukraine to its Automatic Firearms Country Control List, thus enabling Canadian individuals and companies to apply for permits to export certain prohibited firearms, weapons and devices to Ukraine.烏克蘭外交部長感謝加拿大和歐盟本星期宣佈的決定，稱之爲國際社會團結一致，站在烏克蘭一邊，向俄羅斯發送明確信息的“重要”行動。

歐盟理事會主席塔斯克星期四宣佈，歐盟28個成員國在繼續對俄羅斯實施經濟制裁的問題上團結一致。

歐盟限制俄羅斯進入歐盟這個誘人市場的制裁始於2014年，作爲對俄羅斯併吞克里米亞並故意在相鄰的一個主權國家制造不穩定的反應。歐盟說，對俄羅斯的制裁定期審議，以確保能實現既定目標。

這個星期早些時候，加拿大宣佈將烏克蘭列入自動武器控制名單，因而任何加拿大個人或公司都可以申請向烏克蘭出口某些被禁止的武器彈藥和裝備。