Committee of Permanent Representatives of the European Union
The Committee of Permanent Representatives of the European Union (Coreper) is an institutional body composed of the ambassadors or permanent representatives of the EU member states to the European Union. It prepares the work of the Council of the EU and reconciles the positions of the member states before ministers adopt them. Coreper carries out the final technical and political smoothing of EU legislative acts, including sanctions regimes.
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EU extends Ukraine-related sanctions three years but drops Usmanov and Fridman in compromise
EU ambassadors agreed on 22 September to extend the bloc's individual sanctions related to Ukraine's territorial integrity for 36 months, until 22 September 2029, in a compromise that removes Russian oligarchs Alisher Usmanov and Mikhail Fridman from the list. Latvia, the only holdout, lifted its veto and abstained, and announced it will impose its own national sanctions against the two men.