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Russia, EU exchanging glances

Posted by seumasach on August 17, 2014

M.K.Bhadrakumar

Indian Punchline

17th August, 2014

Open dissent erupted at the European Union foreign ministers’ meeting on Friday regarding sanctions against Russia. In an extraordinary outburst, Hungary’s prime minister ridiculed, here, that the Europeans are shooting at their own feet. Earlier, Slovakia and Czech Republic also sought a rethink on the sanctions policy. That leaves Poland, Lithuania and Romania as the odd ‘hawks’ in ‘New Europe’ allied with Washington. 

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