Prime Minister Robert Abela will take an evening off the campaign trail on Friday to attend an emergency meeting of EU leaders to discuss the rising Russia-Ukraine tensions.
Member states’ leaders will physically meet at 8pm in Brussels for an emergency summit called by Council President Charles Michel.
Abela was set for an afternoon of election campaigning mostly in Birżebbuġa.
Russia's upper house, the Federation Council, this week gave Russian President Vladimir Putin unanimous approval to deploy "peacekeepers" to two breakaway Ukrainian regions now recognised by Moscow as independent, and potentially into other parts of Ukraine.
Robert Abela on the campaign trail on Wednesday evening
The US, EU, Britain, Australia and Japan have imposed sanctions on Russia targeting banks that finance Russian operations, and some of Russia's richest persons, seen to be close to Putin.
Senior Maltese government officials confirmed Abela will meet other leaders to discuss how “we deal with Russia notably holding Russia accountable for its actions”.
“The aggressive actions by the Russian Federation violate international law and the territorial integrity and sovereignty of Ukraine. They also...
