EU/FOREIGN POLICY/RUSSIA: “The Trump administration and European officials agree on the need to keep sanctions in place against Russia until a two-year-old cease-fire agreement for the Ukraine conflict is fully implemented, the European Union’s foreign policy chief said Friday [2-10-17].
The EU’s high representative in charge of foreign policy Federica Mogherini, speaking to reporters after Thursday [2-9-17] meetings with Secretary of State Rex Tillerson and other senior Trump administration officials, said the U.S. and EU are united in their policy to bring about an end to violence in Eastern Ukraine.”
– Felicia Schwartz, “U.S., Europe in Agreement on Russia Sanctions, EU Official Says,” The Wall Street Journal online, Feb. 10, 2017