Leader Barack Obama and Prime Minister Cameron D. agreed on the need to maintain the regime of sanctions against Russia.
"We agreed on the need for sanctions against Russia until, as long as she doesn't stop aggression in Ukraine," Obama said. According to him, the sides also discussed issues of "the necessary support to Ukraine in implementing reforms, RIA" Novosti ". Before that German Chancellor Angela Merkel said that the restrictive measures of the European Union towards Russia, most likely, will not be cancelled in the spring. On Thursday, the European Parliament asked the European Council to adopt the punishment is relatively Russia in the nuclear and financial sectors in the absence of progress in the settlement of the Ukrainian fall. First the wall Street Journal reported that the European Union is ready to mitigate the punishment concerning Russia and not fully normalize relations with Moscow in case of change of its position on the situation in Ukraine. In support of the lifting of sanctions against Russia are Austria, Hungary, Italy, Cyprus, Slovakia, France and the Czech Republic. However, the European diplomatic source close to the Council of the EU, said the head of the foreign ministries of the 28 countries of the brotherhood will not take any decisions on sanctions concerning Russia on his first this year, meeting on 19 January in Brussels. The EU commissioners have stated that in the case of progress in the implementation of the Minsk agreements on the settlement of the Ukrainian fall of the European Union would seriously consider removing punishment from Russia.


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