Sweden, as the presiding country in the EU Council, will insist that PMC Wagner be recognized as a terrorist organization in the European Union, Swedish Foreign Minister Tobias Billström said, Report informs referring to foreign media.
He noted that Sweden is ready to promote this issue "as soon as there are legal conditions for this." The recognition of a PMC as a terrorist group should begin with the fact that law enforcement agencies will initiate a case against it under the relevant article. Only after the start of the preliminary investigation, the issue can be submitted for discussion in the Council of the EU.
It was reported that the British government is going to recognize PMC Wagner as a terrorist group in the coming weeks. In addition, on May 10, the National Assembly (lower house of parliament) of France called on the authorities of the country and the EU to include Wagner in the list of terrorist organizations.