BRUSSELS, Jan. 15 – EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Federica Mogherini has stressed that EU sanctions related to the annexation of Crimea and to "Russian destabilization of eastern Ukraine" will remain in force.

Delivering a speech during the EP session in Strasbourg on Wednesday, she said that European authorities must maintain there pressure on Russia, and that any future decisions over sanctions should be linked to the situation on the ground.