Eu S Borel Visa Ban For All Russians Would Not Have The Necessary Support

Sign up now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.com Register VIENNA, Aug 28 (Reuters) – European Union foreign ministers meeting later this week are unlikely to unanimously back a visa ban on all Russians, as would be needed to put such a ban into effect, the foreign minister said. EU policy Josep Borrell at Austria’s ORF. television on Sunday. “I don’t think cutting off the relationship with the Russian civilian population will help and I don’t think this idea will have the necessary unanimity,” Borrell, who chairs meetings of EU foreign ministers, told national television. “I think we need to review the way some Russians get visas, certainly not the oligarchs. We need to be more selective. But I’m not in favor of stopping the delivery of visas to all Russians.” Sign up now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.com Register Report by Francois Murphy. Edited by Sandra Maler Our Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.