European Parliament President Martin Schulz warned leftist Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras on Wednesday against diverging from the European Union’s stance towards Russia in the Ukraine crisis.
Tsipras, who won election on Sunday, unsettled European partners on Wednesday by criticising an EU statement that warned Moscow it faced new sanctions over its role in Ukraine.
His decision to receive the Russian ambassador before meeting any other foreign official did not go unnoticed either in Brussels and Berlin.
“I’ve noticed with dismay that Greece today has abandoned the joint position of the European Union on Russia,” Schulz told the German broadcaster ZDF.
“You just cannot, …read more
Source: Cyprus Mail
