There is no ground for the EU to expand its sanctions against Russia over Ukraine as the latest Minsk truce holds, Spanish Foreign Minister Jose Manuel Garcia-Margallo said on Tuesday.
EU sanctions against Russia imposed over Moscow’s involvement in the conflict in Ukraine have hit the Spanish economy hard, particularly the agriculture sector, the Spanish foreign minister said after talks with his Russian counterpart Sergei Lavrov in Moscow.
Moscow has repeatedly dismissed Western accusations of providing military assistance to pro-Russian rebels in eastern Ukraine.
With Minsk ceasefire agreement being observed and heavy weapons withdrawn from the front line in eastern Ukraine, “I …read more
Source: Novinite
