Tuesday, December 13, 2016

Merkel says sanctions against Russia over Ukraine must be extended



German Chancellor Angela Merkel said on Tuesday sanctions against Russia over the crisis in eastern Ukraine would have to be extended because of a lack of progress in implementing the Minsk ceasefire agreement.


"It will be necessary to extend the sanctions against Russia again - although we would have wished for better progress in the implementation of this process," Merkel told reporters before talks with French President Francois Hollande in Berlin.


(Reporting by Madeline Chambers and Michael Nienaber; Editing by Paul Carrel)

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