European leaders are embarking on two weeks of intense debate about whether to exert further pressure on Russia over violence in eastern Ukraine.
The question will come to a head at a European Council on 19-20 March, but will be uppermost in a series of meetings over the next week, beginning with a meeting of the EU’s foreign ministers in Riga (6-7 March).
On Monday (9 March), co-ordination of the international response will continue when the president of the European Council, Donald Tusk, will be in Washington, DC, for talks with US President Barack Obama. They will discuss Ukraine, energy security and …read more
Source: European Voice
