PARIS – Foreign Affairs Minister Rob Nicholson says Canada may impose more sanctions on Russia if it continues to violate the ceasefire with Ukraine.
Nicholson blames Russian President Vladimir Putin for flare-ups that have persisted since France, Germany, Russia and Ukraine negotiated the Minsk II agreement last month aimed at ending hostility in eastern Ukraine.
Russian-backed rebels and Ukrainian forces are accusing each other of violating the agreement.
Secretary of State John Kerry has said the U.S. has prepared a new round of sanctions and could implement them quickly.
Nicholson says Canada has one of the toughest sanctions regimes of any country, and is …read more
Source: iPolitics
