Foreign Minister of Germany Frank-Walter Steinmeier on the last working day of the week flew on a short visit to Ukraine, where he will meet with President Petro Poroshenko and Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk. Steinmeier will discuss with Ukrainian politicians crisis in the East of the country, reports Deutsche Welle. During the EU summit in Brussels ended in the night of Friday, the head of state and governments of the European countries decided to uphold sanctions against Russia entered the conflict over Ukraine. In addition, the European Union officially confirmed the introduction of new penalties relative to the Crimea, and among them of the ban on tourism and investment in the Peninsula. However, fresh punishment EU against the Crimea is not touched sentenced to 20 December contracts. On Thursday, German Chancellor Angela Merkel said that the introduction of new sanctions on the Russian capital steadily as Russia, in her expressions, does not respect the sovereignty of Ukraine. Later, however, Merkel suddenly said that if the President of the Russian Federation centuries Putin informs about the territorial integrity of Ukraine, then he should believe in the word.
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