German minister criticises Russian counterpart for Munich remarks

Germany's Minister of Foreign Affairs Frank-Walter Steinmeier speaks during a news conference in Riga February 5, 2015.REUTERS/Ints Kalnins

MUNICH (Reuters) - German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier criticised his Russian counterpart on Sunday for weekend remarks at a security conference which he said had not contributed to a resolution of the crisis in Ukraine.

"It is Moscow's responsibility to identify common interests," Steinmeier said. "We have seen too little of this so far. And the speech by my colleague (Russian foreign minister Sergei) Lavrov yesterday made no contribution to this."