The EU’s relationship with Russia and the crisis in Ukraine were among the main topics on the agenda of the European Council summit that was held in Brussels on Thursday.
German Chancellor Angela Merkel warned that the EU is not to lift the sanctions against Russia unless Russian President Vladimir Putin is willing to make major concessions, EUobserver reports.
Merkel explained that each batch of sanctions was applied for specific reasons and they can be lifted only when their respective causes have been removed.
The German Chancellor revealed that the 28 EU heads of state or government had decided during the summit that …read more
Source: Novinite
