The comments came on Friday after Russian news agency RIA earlier quoted Northern Fleet officials saying its vessels, led by anti-submarine ship Severomorsk, had passed through the Strait of Dover and entered international waters in the Seine Bay while they waited for a storm to pass.
German government deputy spokeswoman Christiane Wirtz said at a government regular press conference in Berlin: "The naval drill, although it is held in international waters, is not necessarily a sign of de-escalation (between the West and Russia)."
Responding to a journalist's question on whether Germany would send military support to pro-western forces in Ukraine, Wirtz said that Germany did not foresee that happening.
"This issue has not been even debated," she added.
Wirtz also said that the Minsk peace agreement on Ukraine, signed on September 5 after extensive talks between Russia, Ukraine and pro-Russian separatists under the auspices of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe, was not being carried out and both sides should takes steps to adhere to it.
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She added that German Chancellor Angela Merkel had sent a congratulatory message to Ukraine's re-elected Prime Minister Arseniy Petrovych Yatsenyuk..........................http://www.aa.com.tr/en/news/427848--germany-wary-on-russian-naval-drill-in-uk-channel
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Le ministre allemand des Affaires étrangères a exhorté l'Europe à ne pas exagérer ..
ReplyDeleteLes avions russes volent dans l'espace aérien international, et peuvent le faire en conformité avec le droit international. C’est ce qu'a déclaré le ministre allemand des Affaires étrangères Frank-Walter Steinmeier dans une interview accordée au journal allemand Bild.
Steinmeier a également rappelé qu’«en tous les temps, quel que soit le conflit ukrainien, les navires russes étaient dans les eaux internationales, y compris en traversant la Manche ».
Un détachement de navires et de navires de soutien russes, dirigés par le grand navire anti-sous-marins Severomorsk, a traversé vendredi la zone aquatique du détroit du Pas-de-Calais et se rendit à la baie de la Seine pour attendre que la tempête s’arrête.
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