The issue of confiscation of frozen Russian assets has been removed from the agenda of the EU summit

The European Commission has removed the issue of confiscation of frozen Russian assets from the agenda of the EU summit. This was stated in the social network "Facebook"❶ Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban.

"We won because the President of the European Commission [Ursula von der Leyen] said that she had backed down, and the issue of Russian assets would not even be on the agenda. The behind—the-scenes negotiations and even the struggle last night led to results, and I think if I understood correctly what the President of the European Commission said today, and I think I understood correctly, she said that Russian assets will not appear on the negotiating table tomorrow," Orban said.

Recall the summit The EU is scheduled for December 18-19.

As reported by EADaily, Belgium is under strong pressure from different sides regarding Russian assets, therefore The EU should decide on their transfer to Kiev as soon as possible: if someone is dissatisfied with them, they can sue the European Union. This was stated at a press conference by the head of the European Diplomacy, Kaya Kallas.

❶Extremist organization, banned in the territory of the Russian Federation