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Russian, German FMs exchange views on Syria, Ukraine

Xinhua, August 10, 2016 Adjust font size:

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and his German counterpart Frank-Walter Steinmeier have exchanged views on Syria and Ukraine, the Russian Foreign Ministry said Tuesday night.

The two ministers spoke by phone and discussed the situation in Syria and international efforts to settle the country's conflict.

The ministry said their discussion focused on ways to resume the inclusive dialogue between the government and the opposition within the framework of the Geneva process.

They also discussed the Minsk-2 package of measures designed to implement the Minsk agreements for settling the Ukraine crisis.

"They stressed the need to synchronize steps on the way to a political settlement of the intra-Ukrainian conflict with the solution of security issues," the ministry said. Endi