European Union foreign ministers on Monday delayed the implementation of a new round of sanctions against Russia to give a chance to a fresh peace initiative led by France and Germany.
Encouraged by the latest reports from the Germans and French suggesting some progress toward putting an end to the fighting between Kiev government forces and pro-Russian rebels in eastern Ukraine might have been achieved, the EU foreign ministers agreed to adopt the expansion of sanctions but postpone their introduction by one week.
The leaders of Russia, Ukraine, France and Germany are scheduled to meet in Belarus on Wednesday. If their talks …read more
Source: Novinite
