The European Union has decided to suspend talks with Russia on a proposal for a looser visa regime and on a planned new basic agreement with Russia, European Union Council President Herman Van Rompuy told a news conference in Brussels on Thursday.
Van Rompuy also said the EU supports decisions by individual
countries to suspend preparations for a planned G8 summit in Sochi in
June.
Moreover, the EU considers Crimea’s planned referendum on March 16 on
the status of the Ukrainian region unconstitutional, he said.
He also said the EU resolutely condemned what he called Russia’s
unprovoked violation of the sovereignty and territorial integrity of
Ukraine.
