German Chancellor Angela Merkel is bitterly accusing Russia of trying to meddle with the desires of eastern European countries to pursue a path of integration with the European Union.
Merkel told Germany’s Die Welt newspaper that Russia has created difficulties for Moldova, Georgia and Ukraine after they made ‘sovereign decisions’ to sign association agreements with the EU.
The German leader said Russia was destabilizing these countries by violating their territorial integrity.
“The republic of Moldova suffers from the conflict in the [breakaway region of] Transdniestria…. Georgia, too, has been enduring frozen conflicts for years in [its breakaway regions of] South Ossetia and Abkhazia, …read more
Source: Voice of America
