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Belgium, Bulgaria, Italy and Malta say they voted for long-term freezing of Russian assets

BY Reuters | ECONOMIC | 12:35 PM EST

BRUSSELS, Dec 12 (Reuters) - Belgium, Bulgaria, Italy and Malta said in a joint statement on Friday they had voted in favour of the European Union's plans to indefinitely freeze Russian central bank assets held in Europe.

"In a spirit of co-operation, Belgium, Bulgaria, Italy and Malta are voting 'YES' in the current written procedure but specify that this vote does not pre-empt in any circumstances the decision on the possible use of Russian immobilised assets that needs to be taken at Leaders' level," the countries said in the statement. (Reporting by Charlotte Van Campenhout and Jan Strupczewski; Editing by Sudip kar-Gupta)

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