EU sanctions on Russia over the war in eastern Ukraine “do not offer the chance for dialogue and problem resolution,” Cyprus president Anastasiades said in New York while meeting Russian foreign minister Lavrov. “On the contrary, they keep the parties apart … They automatically mean that a country on which sanctions are imposed also retaliates with sanctions,” he said, adding the Minsk process was “the only way” for a solution. …read more
Source: EUobserver
