Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany — Prime Minister Stephen Harper may already get what he wanted most from the G7 summit only hours after the two-day meeting began Sunday in the Bavarian Alps.
The West’s two most powerful leaders, U.S. President Barack Obama and German Chancellor Angela Merkel, agreed Sunday to continue supporting the isolation of Russian President Vladimir Putin through economic sanctions on his country unless he honours a peace deal he helped broker in Ukraine and agrees to respect that country’s territorial integrity.
“The duration of sanctions should be clearly linked to Russia’s full implementation of the Minsk agreements and respect for Ukraine’s …read more
Source: National Post