NNA – 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. —Reuters
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