Merkel threatens Putin with more light sanctions. The German chancellor, Angela Merkel, said on Friday that she told Vladimir Putin that Russia had not done enough to implement the Geneva accord and EU foreign ministers would meet as soon as possible to contemplate further sanctions against Russia. At a news conference in Berlin with Polands prime minister, Donald Tusk, Merkel said Russia had the means to convince the pro-Russian separatists in Ukraine to take a peaceful route but showed no sign of doing so. I spoke to the Russian president this morning and made clear again that on the one hand Ukraine has taken a whole series of steps to implement the Geneva accord but on the other side I see no Russian backing for the accord which would of course have an effect on the separatists in Ukraine, she said. We will therefore have to react. This will be a joint European action and an action by the G7 ... because of the lack of progress we will have to contemplate further sanctions within the second stage of sanctions. Second stage: sanctions against individuals. Third stage would be economic, ie painful.
Posted on: Fri, 25 Apr 2014 20:55:38 +0000
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