A deepening dispute between Europe and the United States threatened to derail efforts to bring peace to Ukraine Sunday, even as it was announced that Vladimir Putin and Petro Poroshenko, the Ukrainian president, will talk face-to-face at a new summit in Minsk on Wednesday.
The meeting, which will include Angela Merkel and Francois Hollande, was agreed after a four-way phone call with Moscow and Ukraine.
But as Merkel’s spokesman made the announcement, comments from a private meeting of American officials and politicians laid bare the contempt of the U.S. for Europe’s plan.
American officials described the German chancellor as “defeatist” and her trip …read more
Source: National Post
