Germany has criticized Moscow for recognizing the results of the
elections in rebel-held eastern Ukraine. Russia has said the polls
amount to a "mandate" for the separatist leaders to negotiate with Kyiv.
Chancellor Angela Merkel's spokesman told reporters at a news conference in Berlin on Monday that Sunday's elections in rebel-held eastern Ukraine were "illegitimate," as they contravened the country's constitution and the Minsk ceasefire signed in September.
Steffen Seibert also said the manner in which the polls in the rebel-declared Donetsk People's Republic and the nearby self-proclaimed Luhansk People's Republic were conducted were "extremely questionable."
"It is all the more incomprehensible that there are official Russian voices that are respecting or even recognizing these so-called elections," Seibert said.
He added that under these circumstances there could be no thought of easing EU sanctions on Russia, and that if the situation in eastern Ukraine deteriorated further measures may be needed.
Read more: Germany, EU reject rebel polls in eastern Ukraine | News | DW.DE | 03.11.2014
Chancellor Angela Merkel's spokesman told reporters at a news conference in Berlin on Monday that Sunday's elections in rebel-held eastern Ukraine were "illegitimate," as they contravened the country's constitution and the Minsk ceasefire signed in September.
Steffen Seibert also said the manner in which the polls in the rebel-declared Donetsk People's Republic and the nearby self-proclaimed Luhansk People's Republic were conducted were "extremely questionable."
"It is all the more incomprehensible that there are official Russian voices that are respecting or even recognizing these so-called elections," Seibert said.
He added that under these circumstances there could be no thought of easing EU sanctions on Russia, and that if the situation in eastern Ukraine deteriorated further measures may be needed.
Read more: Germany, EU reject rebel polls in eastern Ukraine | News | DW.DE | 03.11.2014
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