Moscow, April 1 -- Germany will keep supporting the introduction of new EU sanctions against Russia, German government spokeswoman Christiane Hoffmann said on Monday.
On March 29, the prime minister of Germany's Saxony Michael Kretschmer told the dpa news agency that it was necessary to discuss the easing of the European Union's sanctions against Russia, which he argued were harming the Europeans.
"We have always supported EU sanctions and will do so in the future," Hoffmann told a briefing, answering a reporter's question regarding Kretschmer's statement.
Hoffmann also said that she considers the sanctions imposed against Russia following the outbreak of the Ukrainian conflict to be "justified, sensible and effective."
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