The leaders of the European Union briefly discussed the topic of Russia at the informal summit in the Portuguese port. It is reported by RIA Novosti with reference to the source in the EU.
answering the question whether the Leaders of the EU Topics of Russia at the meeting on May 7-8, the agency’s interlocutor said: “Yes. The incident in the Czech Republic was discussed first with [Czech Prime Minister Andrei] Babisch, who explained what happened, and Then there were short debates taking into account the strategic discussion on May 25 “.
Another source of RIA Novosti confirmed that the discussion in Russia was, but did not lead the details.
Earlier, French President Emmanuel Macron announced the plans of the EU countries to discuss Russia at the summit of May 25.
also reported that Babish offered all EU member states to send at least one Russian diplomat as a sign of solidarity from the Czech Republic because of explosions in Vrbetice in 2014. Prague accuses Russian intelligence agencies in involvement in what happened. According to the version of the Czech authorities, the day before the explosion of the warehouse there were Russians Alexander Petrov and Ruslan Bosshrov.