German Chancellor Angela Merkel said on Thursday that the West was imposing sanctions on Russia to stand up for international law.
Merkel added that she would address the Sea of Azov issue with Russian President, Vladimir Putin, at an upcoming G20 summit slated for Nov. 30 to Dec. 1.
The German Chancellor said this at a Germany-Ukraine conference in Berlin.
“We don’t impose sanctions on Russia for sanctions’ sake; rather we impose sanctions to make clear that countries even if their territorial situation puts them close to Russia have the right to their own development.
“Those are the principles of international law.”
The European Union’s hawks have called for more sanctions on Russia after a fresh flare-up of tensions with Ukraine but the divided bloc is not going to act swiftly, if at all, diplomatic sources have said.
Similarly, Ukraine’s infrastructure minister, Volodymyr Omelyan, earlier on Thursday accused Russia of barring ships from leaving and entering the sea, days…
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