Berlin (dpa) - German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier says Russia-Ukraine talks produced "discernible progress" over the withdrawal of heavy weapons from September's ceasefire demarcation line in eastern Ukraine.
Disputes about it between Russia and the West cannot be settled short-term, Germany's Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier said in an interview with ZDF television channel.
BERLIN, Aug, 18 (Xinhua) -- German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier said early Monday that some progress was made in the "difficult" quadrilateral talks here on the Ukraine crisis.