German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier said in Kyiv on Nov. 18, on his way to Moscow, that he wanted to see if talks in Brisbane between Chancellor Angela Merkel and Vladimir Putin had improved the chances of an effective ceasefire in Ukraine.
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Reuters: Berlin to check in Moscow if cease-fire boosted by Brisbane talks
Germany's Foreign Affairs minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier (L) talks to journalists next to his Ukrainian counterpart Pavlo Klimkin after a meeting with Ukraine's President in Kyiv on Nov. 18, 2014.
