Germany presses Ukraine over jailed ex-PM


  • World
  • Friday, 21 Jun 2013

German Foreign Minister Guido Westerwelle (R) meets with Yevgenia Tymoshenko, daughter of jailed Ukranian former Prime Minister and opposition leader Yulia Tymoshenko, in Kiev, June 21, 2013. REUTERS/Valentyn Ogirenko

KIEV (Reuters) - Germany's foreign minister urged Ukraine's President Viktor Yanukovich on Friday to let his jailed opponent Yulia Tymoshenko go to Germany for medical treatment and he warned against the use of "selective justice" in the ex-Soviet republic.

"I told the president frankly that we are following the Tymoshenko case closely and that our proposals for providing medical treatment for her in Germany remain on the table," Guido Westerwelle told reporters after meeting Yanukovich.

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