German chancellor Angela Merkel said Wednesday, via her spokeswoman, she “currently sees no reason at all for rolling back the sanctions” against Russia. The statement comes after German foreign minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier commented on the reluctance among some EU members to continue sanctions, put in place amid the Ukraine crisis in 2014. Merkel and Steinmeier “both agree that the Minsk peace process needs to be continued”, the spokeswoman said. …read more
Source: EUobserver
