“Further close coordination with partners in Russia - Foreign Minister Annalena Burbock held telephone conversations with (French Foreign Minister. -

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) Jean-Yves Le Drian, (British Foreign Minister) Elizabeth Truss and (US Secretary of State) Anthony Blinken.

The foreign ministers agreed: it is important that Russia now actually implement the announced de-escalation steps,” the German Foreign Ministry said in a Twitter statement.

Earlier, Russian President Vladimir Putin at a press conference following talks with German Chancellor Olaf Scholz said that Russia does not want war.

Press Secretary of the Russian leader Dmitry Peskov said that Putin is ready for negotiations on the situation around Ukraine and security issues.