RIGA: The European Union is ready to step up sanctions on Russia over the Ukraine conflict, but its priority is to bolster a fragile ceasefire agreed in Minsk, EU foreign policy chief Federica Mogherini said yesterday.
Mogherini, attending a meeting of EU foreign ministers in Latvia, said the need now was to strengthen ceasefire monitors from the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE), a rights and security watchdog. Despite some signs of improvement in eastern Ukraine since a new ceasefire was agreed last month, there was no question of the EU easing sanctions now, she said.
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Source: Kuwait Times
