Western leaders have agreed to extend sanctions against Moscow by six more months over the crisis in Ukraine.
Citing an unnamed senior European diplomat, Reuters reported on Sunday during a brief meeting on the sidelines of the week-long G20 summit in Antalya, Turkey, the leaders of US, Germany, Italy, the UK and French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius, who represented President Francois Hollande at the summit, concluded to uphold pressure on Russia until July next year, ahead of elections in eastern Ukraine.
The current round of sanctions is due to end in January, before full implementation of the so-called Minsk peace deal, …read more
Source: Iran English Radio
