Syria will be topic at Saturday meeting of ministers in Berlin


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  • Friday, 11 Sep 2015

BERLIN (Reuters) - Foreign ministers meeting in Berlin on Saturday to discuss the Ukraine crisis are also likely to touch on the situation in Syria, a spokesman for the German foreign ministry said on Friday.

Spokesman Martin Schaefer, speaking at a regular government news conference, described reports of Russian military action in Syria as an "important" development that was likely to come up on the margins of the meeting.

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