BUDAPEST, Hungary: (AP) – Germany will not give weapons to Ukraine and supports negotiations and a diplomatic solution to that governments conflict with Russian-backed rebels, German Chancellor Angela Merkel said Monday.It is my firm belief that this conflict cannot be solved militarily, Merkel said after meeting with Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban in Budapest.Merkel said she prefers the pressure exerted by European Union economic sanctions on Russia and negotiations to solve or at least mitigate the conflict.Fighting in eastern Ukraine has claimed more than 5,100 lives and displaced 900,000 people since it began in April.Orban, who has frequently noted the …read more
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