"This package is one of the broadest approved by the EU. It will undergo a written procedure and be formally approved for February 24," the Belgian Presidency of the EU Council said on social media.
The permanent representatives of the EU have approved the extension of current sanctions against Russia and Belarus for another six months, rejecting Hungary's attempt to exclude the names of three Russian oligarchs, namely Alisher Usmanov, Viatcheslav Kantor, and Dmitry Mazepin, from the lists.