Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov held a joint press conference with his German counterpart Frank-Walter Steinmeier following their meeting in Moscow, Wednesday. SOT, Sergei Lavrov, Russian Foreign Minister (Russian): "Regarding Russian troops [in eastern Ukraine], I understand and we see it very well that the Ukrainian side wants to justify its inability to fulfill what it has signed for, with references to complicated security situation, to the mythic presence of Russian troops, up to 40,000 soldiers. It has never been approved by anyone but this disinformation is circulating in the mass media as we can see it today. There is not a word in the Minsk Agreements that Russian troops are in Ukraine and should be withdrawn from there. In accordance with the agreements, any foreign military force is not allowed in the territory of Ukraine. I want to stress once again that there is not a single fact which proves that we have seen Russian troops. But nobody is hiding the presence of military personnel of NATO member states. Several hundreds of foreign trainers from US, Canada and other countries are assisting the Ukrainian army in the training process." SOT, Frank-Walter Steinmeier, German Foreign Minister (German): "What we have discussed today is that in terms of security, both of us are not satisfied with the situation in Ukraine. Despite all efforts, there are violations of the ceasefire and the security situation in eastern Ukraine is still not stable. While it is not stable, we are afraid that it can escalate again at any time. That is why in the current situation we have to take care of the security issues and we need quick and concrete steps towards in the security area while paying attention to a better ceasefire." SOT, Frank-Walter Steinmeier, German Foreign Minister (German): "Of course, we have also discussed the situation in Syria. We don't want to overestimate the situation but I want to say that we have not advanced that issue yet during the last five years of the civil war as we have managed to do now. Five years of the civil war, 250,000 people killed, twelve million Syrian people who have lost their homeland. At the current moment, after two meetings in Vienna as well as agreements that we have reached in Munich in February, for the fist time we are able to provide hundreds of thousands of people, who were cut off from any supplies in Syria, with food and water. Also for the first time we believe in the political process." Video ID: 20160323-011 Video on Demand: http://www.ruptly.tv Contact: cd@ruptly.tv Twitter: http://twitter.com/Ruptly Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/Ruptly LiveLeak: http://www.liveleak.com/c/Ruptly Vine: https://vine.co/Ruptly Instagram: http://www.instagram.com/Ruptly YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/user/RuptlyTV DailyMotion: http://www.dailymotion.com/ruptly

• published: 23 Mar 2016
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