German Foreign Minister and Vice Chancellor Sigmar Gabriel presides the weekly cabinet meeting at the Chancellery in Berlin, Germany, August 2, 2017. REUTERS/Hannibal Hanschke
WOLFSBURG, Germany (Reuters) - The new sanctions against Russia that U.S. President Donald Trump signed into law on Wednesday are "more than problematic", German Foreign Minister Sigmar Gabriel said.
Speaking in the northern German city of Wolfsburg on Friday, Gabriel criticised the United States for departing from its cooperation with the European Union on Russia, saying this had been key to providing a strong response to Moscow in the past.
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