Germany's Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier delivers a speech at the lower house of parliament Bundestag in Berlin, November 26, 2014. REUTERS/Stefanie Loos
BERLIN (Reuters) - The goal of sanctions against Russia over the Ukraine crisis must not be to wear down Russia economically, German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier said on Thursday.
"Should it be our way of thinking and our goal to put down Russia economically?" asked Steinmeier at a conference organised by the Sueddeutsche Zeitung daily in Berlin.
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