Germany, U.K. Back Pressure on Ukraine to Boost Corruption Fight
- Reform effort lagging on key issues, Danish minister says
- Nine EU nations join call for more EU engagement in Ukraine
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Nine European governments including Germany, the U.K. and Poland pressed Ukraine to step up the fight against corruption to meet the terms of its peace accord with Russian-backed separatists, Danish Foreign Minister Kristian Jensen said.
“Ukraine has shown a lot of will to do reforms, but is still lagging behind on some of the few issues that are really necessary,” Jensen said in a telephone interview Friday. “If they don’t live up to their part, I am sure that Moscow will take that as a challenge to step out.”