MILAN – Russian President Vladimir Putin and Ukrainian leader Petro Poroshenko met an array of EU leaders on Friday, but there was little sign of progress in patching up a ceasefire in eastern Ukraine and resolving a dispute over natural gas supplies.Putin held more than 2-1/2 hours of talks with German Chancellor Angela Merkel overnight. The Kremlin said afterwards the pair were still at odds over how to resolve a crisis that has revived the spectre of old Cold War rivalries.”The two leaders continued to express serious differences in views on the source of Ukraine’s domestic conflict, as well as …read more
Source: AsiaOne
