Tymoshenko’s daughter meeting German minister
The Associated Press
BERLIN — A German government spokesman says the justice minister will meet the daughter of jailed former Ukrainian Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko.
FILE – In this June 29, 2011, file photo, former Ukrainian Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko appears during a trial hearing at the Pecherskiy District Court in Kyiv, Ukraine. German doctors traveled to Ukraine on Friday, May 4, 2012, to examine ailing ex-Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko at the prison where she is being held, but a Ukrainian official said she will not be allowed to leave the country for medical treatment. The 51-year-old Tymoshenko is on a hunger strike to protest the prison’s alleged mistreatment of her as she serves a seven-year sentence on charges of abusing her powers when she was Ukraine’s prime minister. (AP Photo/Sergei Chuzavkov, file)
Spokesman Anders Mertzlufft said Eugenia Tymoshenko will have a private meeting with Justice Minister Sabine Leutheusser-Schnarrenberger later Monday to discuss her mother’s case and the rule of law in Ukraine.
Yulia Tymoshenko has been on hunger strike for about two weeks and needs medical treatment for a back condition. Germany has offered to treat Tymoshenko, who is serving a seven-year prison sentence on charges of abuse of power.
Government spokesman Steffen Seibert said German Chancellor Angela Merkel won’t meet Eugenia Tymoshenko Monday, but “is up to date on all the developments of the Tymoshenko case.”
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May 07, 2012 06:26 AM EDT
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