Germany's Steinmeier tells Russia, Ukraine to show 'responsibility' at Minsk talks


Germany's Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier attends a European Union foreign ministers meeting in Brussels, Belgium November 14, 2016. REUTERS/Yves Herman

BERLIN/MINSK (Reuters) - Germany's foreign minister called on Ukraine and Russia to "show responsibility" and agree on a roadmap in four-way talks on Tuesday on how to implement last year's ceasefire accord for eastern Ukraine, but dampened hopes for a breakthrough.

Speaking before he flew to Minsk to join his French, Ukrainian and Russian counterparts for the talks, Frank-Walter Steinmeier said there was "no reason to be overly confident" but that the meeting was "not just for its own sake".

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