Germany says 'significant progress' made at Ukraine meeting

Foreign ministers (L-R) Sergei Lavrov of Russia, Frank-Walter Steinmeier of Germany, Pavlo Klimkin of Ukraine and Laurent Fabius of France arrive for a picture opportunity ahead of their meeting at the German foreign ministry's Villa Borsig at lake Tegel in Berlin, Germany September 12, 2015. REUTERS/Tobias Schwarz/Pool

BERLIN (Reuters) - German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier said after meeting his Russian, Ukrainian and French counterparts in Berlin on Saturday that "significant progress" had been made towards a resolution of the conflict between Kiev and Moscow.

Steinmeier said Ukraine and Russia were close to striking an agreement on the withdrawal of weapons from the demarcation line between separatists and Ukrainian forces in eastern Ukraine and had agreed not to lay any more mines and to clear mines.