BERLIN (AFP) – Germany on Monday criticised local elections being organised by pro-Moscow separatists in eastern Ukraine as a breach of a February peace deal and urged Russia to distance itself from the idea.We consider with great concern the announcement by pro-Russian separatists of the organisation of elections, so-called municipal elections, said Chancellor Angela Merkels spokesman Steffen Seibert.It would be a serious breach of the Minsk agreements, he told a regular news conference.And it is regrettable that Russia has not distanced itself from the plans so far.The separatists in the Donetsk and Lugansk regions have said they would hold local …read more
Source: Dunya TV
