EU leaders and US President Barack Obama expressed readiness on Tuesday to extend the sanctions against Russia in case the Minsk ceasefire is further violated.
This happened at a video conference between Obama and the leaders of Germany, France, UK, Italy and European Council President Donald Tusk, EurActiv reports.
The other participants in the video conference were German Chancellor Angela Merkel, French President Francois Hollande, British Prime Minister David Cameron and Italian PM Matteo Renzi.
Although violence has decreased since the Minsk ceasefire entered into force on February 15, it has not come to a complete halt in some parts of eastern Ukraine.
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Source: Novinite
