ELMAU, Germany — German Chancellor Angela Merkel said Sunday she expects a meeting of the Group of Seven industrialized democracies to produce a “united signal” that sanctions against Russia can only be softened if a February peace accord for Ukraine is fully implemented.
Merkel and President Obama agreed during a presummit bilateral meeting that the duration of sanctions imposed upon Moscow should be “clearly linked to Russia’s full implementation of the Minsk” peace accord agreed to in February, the White House said in a statement.
Heading into the talks, British Prime Minister David Cameron said he would push for Europe to …read more
Source: San Francisco Chronicle
