German Chancellor Angela Merkel reported that the agreement on the organization of the Summit between the European Union and Russia was not achieved. She stated that he was unhappy with the courage of colleagues in this matter, reports Bloomberg.
Merkel said that the discussion of the possible Summit of the EU and Russia was “difficult”. According to her, in Brussels the leaders again discussed, under what conditions are ready to work and work closely with Russia. However, Merkel admitted that he was hoping for greater courage in this issue by European colleagues.
previously became known that in the European Union rejected the idea to invite Putin to meet with the leaders of the European Union countries. In addition, the heads of state and the Government of the EU at the Summit in Brussels requested the EU foreign policy service under the leadership of Josepa Burlel to explore the possibility of introducing new sanctions against Russia.
The initiative of the meeting with Putin was put forward by the leaders of Germany and France Angela Merkel and Emmanuel Macron on June 23. Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov suggested that Putin’s invitation idea may be associated with the past meeting of the Russian and American leaders in Geneva. The diplomat stressed that, probably, the Geneva negotiations were perceived in Brussels as a signal to the fact that “now you can also show your independence a little.”