BERLIN - A German government spokesman says the justice minister will meet the daughter of jailed former Ukrainian Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko.
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."
