
British Prime Minister David Cameron and Vladimir Putin began a planned meeting in Paris without handshake. This is reported by Interfax. The negotiations of Cameron and Putin were devoted to measures to resolve the situation in Ukraine.
As ITAR-TASS reports with reference to Putin’s press secretary Dmitry Peskov, at the end of negotiations, two leaders still exchanged handshake. But this, Peskov added, "it was already without television cameras."
The British prime minister is the first Western leader, whom Putin met during the current visit to Europe. Later on Thursday, he will negotiate with France President Francois Hollande, and on Friday - with German Chancellor Angela Merkel.
Earlier on Thursday, speaking at the end of the Brussels Summit G7, Cameron said that the status quo in Ukraine could not remain, and threatened Moscow with sanctions against entire sectors of the economy, if Russia continues to destabilize the situation in the east of a neighboring country. "President Putin must recognize the legality of the presidential elections Poroshenko, stop the supply of weapons across the border, as well as to stop Russia support for separatist groups," UNIAN reports the words of the British Prime Minister.
That is what Cameron added, he intends to seek Putin during the meeting on June 5.
The British leader noted that all members of the G7 showed unanimouses in the support of the Ukrainian people, "his right to choose their own future and in a strong message to President Putin, that Russia's actions are completely unacceptable and do not meet the values of this group of democracies." “Therefore, Russia no longer has a place at the table with us,” Cameron concluded.
Thus, the prime minister of Britain confirmed the determination of Western countries to impose sector sanctions against Russia. The day before , Merkel declared the same . “We cannot allow further destabilization in Ukraine,” she said. “If we do not see progress in matters that need to be solved, perhaps the moment will come to apply more serious sanctions.”
Merkel added that the heads of state and governments of the G7 countries "intend to send him a signal about the need for de -escalation in Ukraine at the upcoming meetings with the President of Russia in Normandy." “If this does not happen, then in the future we will again discuss the possibility of imposing sanctions of the third stage,” the German Chancellor assured.
Hollande, for his part, noted that the supply of two Mistral helicopters to Russia depends on whether new sanctions will be imposed. “France will fulfill its contract and sees no reason so as not to put ships on time,” he assured. At the same time, the President of France agreed, "in case of emergency circumstances, if pan -European economic sanctions are adopted, then another situation."