- Title: Poland wants to keep sanctions against Russia over Crimea
- Date: 31st August 2019
- Summary: WARSAW, POLAND (AUGUST 31, 2019) (REUTERS) CAR WITH UKRAINIAN PRESIDENT VOLODYMYR ZELENSKIY ARRIVING AT PRESIDENTIAL PALACE ZELENSKIY GETTING OUT OF CAR AND BEING WELCOMED BY POLISH PRESIDENT ANDRZEJ DUDA / ZELENSKIY AND DUDA WALKING AWAY TO GREET OFFICIALS SOLDIERS STANDING VARIOUS OF ZELENSKIY AND DUDA GREETING OFFICIALS
- Embargoed: 14th September 2019 15:17
- Keywords: President Andrzej Duda Russia Poland sanctions Ukraine Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy
- Location: WARSAW, POLAND
- City: WARSAW, POLAND
- Country: Poland
- Topics: Government/Politics
- Reuters ID: LVA001AUJTSG7
- Aspect Ratio: 16:9
- Story Text: President Andrzej Duda said on Saturday (August 31) that Poland saw a need to maintain Western sanctions against Russia over its 2014 annexation of the Crimea region from Ukraine.
During a joint news conference with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy, Duda also said Ukraine should have closer relations with the European Union and the NATO military alliance.
The EU and the United States have both imposed sanctions on Russia over its role in the Ukraine conflict.
U.S. President Donald Trump has said it would be appropriate to have Russia rejoin what used to be the G8 group of advanced economies, from which Russia was excluded in 2014 over Crimea's annexation and for backing pro-Russian rebels in Ukraine.
But the European Council president on August 24 rebuffed Trump's suggestion, saying there were even more reasons than before for keeping Moscow out.
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