Buenos Aires Provincial Senate building. File photo BUENOS AIRES, Apr 23 Sanctions against Russia are not a way to achieve peace, Argentina will not take such actions, said Argentine Foreign Minister Santiago Cafiero. «Declaring sanctions and blockades is not productive ( by) achieving peace, dialogue and diplomatic negotiations,» he said in an interview with the Argentine Telam agency. Argentina calls on the parties to dialogue, Cafiero added. He explained that today in Argentina there is no legal framework for imposing unilateral sanctions. «In fact, there is a law that prohibits this,» the minister said. Russia launched a military operation in Ukraine on February 24. President Vladimir Putin called its goal «the protection of people who have been subjected to genocide by the Kyiv regime for eight years.» For this, according to him, it is planned to carry out «demilitarization and denazification of Ukraine.» According to the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation, as of March 25, the main tasks of the first stage were completed — they significantly reduced the combat potential of Ukraine. The main goal in the Russian military department was called the liberation of Donbass. On April 19, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov announced the start of the next phase of the special operation. Western countries imposed numerous sanctions in response to the Russian special operation to denazify and demilitarize Ukraine. A number of companies announced their withdrawal from the Russian market and the closure of production facilities in the country. Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov noted that Western companies that refuse to work with Russia did so under enormous pressure, but Russia will solve all the problems with the economy that the West creates for it.
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