Koenders: Need for new international balance with Russia

Dutch foreign minister Bert Koenders warned in a letter to the Dutch parliament in May 2015 that the international approach to Russia ‘cannot continue as it was before the Russians’ interference in Ukraine’. A new international balance needs to be struck with Russia, using an approach that combines the ‘muscle’ of defensive measures, the ‘fist’ of economic sanctions and the ‘open hand’ of dialogue.

ESO: Key Source: Euromaidan - Protests in Ukraine 2013 - 2015 - Key source http://www.europeansources.info/record/euromaidan-protests-in-ukraine-2013-2015/

ESO: Key Source: EU sanctions against Russia over Ukraine crisis http://www.europeansources.info/record/eu-sanctions-against-russia-over-ukraine-crisis/

ESO: Background information: What should Europe's policy be towards Russia ? http://www.europeansources.info/record/what-should-europes-policy-be-towards-russia/

ESO: Background information: EU needs to earmark money to withstand Russia, say Foreign Affairs MEPs http://www.europeansources.info/record/press-release-eu-needs-to-earmark-money-to-withstand-russia-say-foreign-affairs-meps/

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