BERLIN - A senior member of Chancellor Angela Merkel's conservatives has warned leftist Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras not to use his de facto veto over an extension of sanctions against Russia as a bargaining chip in talks over Greece's bail-out program.
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Greece's new Foreign Minister Nikos Kotzias (C) arrives at an emergency meeting of Foreign Affairs Council at the European Council headquarters in Brussels on Jan. 29, 2015.