Merkel Laid out Conditions for Expanding Cooperation with Russia

Cooperation of EU countries with Russia will be restricted until the Minsk agreements are implemented, German Chancellor Angela Merkel has stated at a press conference in Berlin. “We talked (with the President of Lithuania, who is on a visit to Germany) about Ukraine and we believe that the Minsk agreements need to be implemented as far as possible. Until they are not implemented, the opportunities for cooperation for us will be completely different from what we would like,”said Merkel. ria.ru