Lithuanian president Gitanas Nausėda says he has doubts concerning a proposal by EU foreign minister Josep Borrell to impose sanctions on members of the Israeli government. According to the Lithuanian head of state, EU member states do not have a common approach to the conflict in the Middle East.

“Fanning discord is bad, no matter where it comes from. I have serious doubts about Mr. Borrell’s initiative. It seems to me that he himself does not believe in the success of this initiative,” Nausėda told reporters on Monday.

“The EU is united by different states with different approaches to this conflict,” he stressed.

Last week Borrell proposed the 27 EU member states impose sanctions on Israeli finance minister Bezalel Smotrich and national security minister Itamar Ben-Gvir.

Courtesy delfi.lt