EU chiefs clash over whether to meet with Putin

Leaders of the European Union's 27 member nations have engaged in heated debate over divisive issues including a possible meeting with Russia's President Vladimir Putin and a so-called anti-LGBTQ law in Hungary.

Poland and the three Baltic countries of Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania led the charge in opposing a proposal by Germany's Chancellor Angela Merkel and France's President Emmanuel Macron to hold an EU leaders summit with Putin.

The conclusion document issued after a two-day EU summit in Brussels that ended on Friday had some harsh rhetoric on Russia.