German foreign minister: no agreement was reached at the meeting with his Russian counterpart. Russian foreign minister: he heard nothing new; they could simply have called

German foreign minister: no agreement was reached at the meeting with his Russian counterpart. Russian foreign minister: heard nothing new; they could simply have called

The conversation with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov was “tense,” and no agreement was reached on key issues, German Foreign Minister Johann Wadephul said.

The Russian and German foreign ministers met the day before on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly in New York — for the first time since the start of the full-scale war.

The German foreign minister said he raised three main topics: grain exports from Ukraine and Russia, the incident involving a drone at Leipzig Airport, and Berlin’s support for Kyiv.

He added that he had urged his counterpart “to move toward de-escalation, particularly with regard to the situation in Ukraine.” “However, this appeal has so far found no response,” Wadephul said. In his view, Russia is not ready to end the war.

Lavrov said Wadephul had made a “complaint” to him over the fact that “some sort of fallen drone” had been found in Leipzig.

The Russian foreign minister said there had been no progress after the meeting. “If you look at Berlin’s daily public statements, I heard nothing new,” he said in an interview with the dpa news agency, noting that they could simply have called him.

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