Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte said on Monday that he believes the European Union can reach a consensus within the next week on a sixth package of EU sanctions on Russia that would put a stop to its consumption of Russian oil and gas as soon as possible.
"As major consumers of Russian oil and gas we are basically funding Putin's horrific war. We need to put a stop to that as soon as possible," Rutte said in a joint news conference in Dublin with his Irish counterpart Micheál Martin.
