Ukraine says at least 5 EU leaders skipping summit

EU Business Monday 30th April, 2012

) - Ukraine said Monday that at least five EU presidents would not be able to attend an upcoming summit in Yalta amid growing concern over the health of jailed opposition leader Yulia Tymoshenko. A foreign ministry spokesman said the presidents of Austria, the Czech Republic, Germany, Italy and Slovenia had informed Kiev they would not be at the May 11-12 Yalta summit meeting of Central and Eastern European leaders. He added that the president ...

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