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German Bundestag confirmed intention to impose sanctions against Russia because of Syria
The Chairman of the Bundestag's Committee on Foreign Affairs, Norbert Röttgen, stated that Russia must be held accountable for military crimes in Syria and confirmed the possibility of sanctions against Moscow, as reported by Suddeutsche Zeitung.
"The absence of sanctions for horrible military crimes would be scandalous,” he said. Röttgen also stressed that the new sanctions will have an impact on Russian policy, although it might not happen immediately. He also criticized other European …
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German Minister of Economic Affairs to meet with Putin in Russia
The Minister for Economic Affairs and Energy of Germany, Sigmar Gabriel, will meet with the President of the Russian Federation, Vladimir Putin, in Moscow to discuss the deterioration of bilateral trade relations. Among other things, the negotiations will also concern the current sanctions.
Gabriel has repeatedly spoken out in favor of a gradual easing of the EU sanctions against Russia, if Moscow shows visible progress in the implementation of the Minsk Agreements and facilitates the conflict …
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Poroshenko and Putin could meet in the coming weeks
France and Germany hope to gather together the Normandy Four, the President of the French Republic, François Hollande reported. Hollande stated at the General Assembly of the United Nations that France and Germany are working on holding Normandy format negotiations in the coming weeks.
“We, together with the Chancellor of Germany, Angela Merkel have taken the initiative to arrange a meeting with the Presidents of Russia and Ukraine in the coming weeks in order to bring the Minsk Agreements …
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Kyiv is skeptical about statements made by French and German Foreign Ministers about the Donbas
Attempts made by the German and French foreign ministers to revive the Minsk Agreements in Moscow and the Donbas have caused a sharp reaction from Ukrainian politicians and experts. The foreign ministers discussed this issue during their visit to Kiev. Ukraine does not believe that Europe has the ability to ensure a ceasefire in the Donbas. They also do not agree with the ministers’ proposal on the procedure for the fulfillment of the Minsk Agreements, Deutsche Welle reported.
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French and German Foreign Ministers: We do not recognize the annexation of Crimea
The German Minister of Foreign Affairs, Frank-Walter Steinmeier, and the French Minister of Foreign Affairs, Jean-Marc Ayrault, said that their countries do not recognize the annexation of Ukrainian Crimea by Russia.
"Concerning the second question, about the legitimacy of the elections to the State Duma in Crimea, as my colleague Ayrault said, we do not recognize and will not recognize the annexation of Crimea," Frank-Walter Steinmeier said, answering a question by a correspondent of LB.u as …
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Germany sees no reason to lift sanctions on Russia
Most politicians in Germany see no reason for lifting the sanctions against Russia. This was said by the German Ambassador to Ukraine, Ernst Reichel, in an interview with Interfax-Ukraine.
According to him, a “broad consensus” in this spirit was reached at the political level. This view is not only shared by the party of the left forces, which is the former Communist Party of East Germany.
Some entrepreneurs in economic associations also have differing opinions on the extension of sanctions …
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German Ambassador to Ukraine: All parties must be active in implementing Minsk agreements
German Ambassador to Ukraine Ernst Reichel believes that Ukraine cannot fully assert its position on the Minsk Agreements and will have to make certain concessions. However, the existence of agreements with the Russian Federation would be more profitable for Ukraine than having none at all.
"In this conflict which is regulated by the Minsk Agreements, Ukraine cannot 100% defend its interests and have to make certain concessions,” Reichel said in an interview with Interfax-Ukraine. He also …
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German Foreign Ministry calls on Russia to stop spreading false information
The German government harshly refuted the statements by the Russian Foreign Ministry that German Chancellor Angela Merkel made statements in favor of the nomination of Bulgarian EU Commissioner Kristalina Georgieva for the post of UN Secretary General during the G20 summit in Hangzhou. “The spread of objectively false information on an official level is an unfriendly act,” a representative of the Foreign Ministry of Germany, Martin Schäfer, said on Monday, September 12 in Berlin.
A spokesman …
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Steinmeier: Progress on Minsk II is urgently needed
The Minister for Foreign Affairs of Germany, Frank-Walter Steinmeier, said that there is still a lot of work to be done to reach a full implementation of the ceasefire agreement in the Donbas region. However, progress on it is "urgently necessary," the German Foreign Minister said during a joint press conference with the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine, Pavel Klimkin, on Thursday, September 8, 2016 in Berlin.
"With regard to the implementation of the Minsk Agreements, we must also talk …
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Germany views a full-scale Russian invasion of Ukraine as an unlikely scenario
Germany believes a full-scale Russian offensive against Ukraine to be unlikely but it doesn’t exclude such a scenario, the Ukrainian Ambassador to Germany, Andriy Melnyk, stated in an interview with Apostrophe.
“Berlin doesn’t exclude that possibility but believes this scenario to be unlikely. If, God forbid, such an invasion occurs, I’m sure that Ukraine can expect serious strengthening of sanctions against the Kremlin. In addition, the provision of defensive weapons to us would become a …