European Union foreign ministers are meeting in Brussels on December 12 to try to agree on further sanctions on Russia and Iran as well as on an additional 2 billion euros ($2.11 billion) for arms deliveries to Ukraine. However, it remained unclear whether Hungary would block some decisions, resorting to what diplomats have denounced as "blackmail diplomacy" due to a dispute over frozen EU funds for Budapest. Foreign ministers are due to review new sanctions on Iranian individuals and organizations over human rights abuses in Tehran's crackdown on protesters and the supply of drones to Russia. To read the original story by Reuters, click here.
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