Conflict in the sea of Azov : Merkel calls on Putin to release of Ukrainian seamen

in Front of a Franco-German attempt at mediation in the conflict between Russia and Ukraine, German Chancellor Angela Merkel (CDU) has demanded from the Russian President Vladimir Putin for the release of Ukrainian seamen. The have said Merkel, Putin, in a telephone conversation, informed government spokesman Steffen Seibert on Monday evening.

The Russian coast guard had denied two weeks ago three Ukrainian ships Passage through the Kerch Strait, the vessels and 24 crew members detained. The Strait of Russia received Crimea Peninsula, the Black connects with the Azov sea and is considered by Moscow as the sole Russian territory. The incident has a significant tensions between Moscow and Kiev, triggered.

Merkel stressed in a conversation with Putin, that precautions were needed to ensure a smooth ship passage, said Steffen Seibert. On Tuesday, the foreign policy advisers to heads of state and government of Germany, France, Russia and Ukraine in Berlin. Merkel had announced the mediation effort after their Meeting with Putin at the G20 summit in Buenos Aires.

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Merkel and Putin also discussed a number of other topics. You talked about the transit of gas from Russia through Ukraine to the year 2019, as Seibert said. The topic of the Situation in the civil war country Syria, in particular the formation of a Constitution Committee was, therefore, to. Moreover, the German Chancellor and the Russian President exchanged according to Seibert about the INF disarmament Treaty. The USA accuse Russia of violations of the Treaty for the prohibition of nuclear resources-range missiles and threatened with their withdrawal from the agreement. (dpa, AFP)

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