OREANDA-NEWS The European Union (EU) should deal with Russian assets in other countries of the union if the EU leadership decides to withdraw funds held in the accounts of the Euroclear depository in Belgium. This was stated by Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni, quoted by Politico.

"We believe that if this path is chosen [using frozen Russian assets], it would be short-sighted to focus on one organization that owns frozen Russian sovereign assets, namely Euroclear [which is based in Belgium], when other partner countries also have frozen assets in their financial systems," she said. the politician.

At the same time, Meloni stressed that "decisions of such legal, financial and institutional importance" as the use of Russia's frozen assets should be made by EU leaders.

Earlier, Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban said that the European Commission had removed the issue of confiscation of Russian assets from the agenda of the upcoming European Union summit. The EU Summit, the central theme of which will be financing Ukraine in 2026-2027, will be held in Brussels on December 18-19.