Chancellor Angela Merkel of Germany and U.S. President Barack Obama urged Russia and Ukraine to “begin the disengagement of forces along the line of contact as quickly as possible.”
The two leaders also jointly condemned as “barbarous” the bombing of Aleppo by Russian military forces supporting the regime of Bashar Assad.
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The White House, in a summary of the discussion, said that Merkel and Obama were hoping for swift implementation of the Minsk peace accord in eastern Ukraine. There has been little progress largely because of continued fighting …read more
Source: POLITICO – Europe Edition
