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jakeXT

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Tue Apr 14, 2015, 04:43 PM Apr 2015

G7 foreign ministers arrive for talks in Lübeck

Source: dpa, AFP

Foreign ministers from the group of major industrialized nations arrived in the northern German port city of Lübeck on Tuesday for two days of talks.

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"We will talk about how we can achieve peace, eliminate conflicts and crises - or at least to deescalate them. This is what we will be discussing this evening," Steinmeier said.

The foreign minister also criticized Russia's decision to lift a ban on the delivery of an air defense missile system to Iran, saying that negotiators are "in the middle of a process" of reaching a final deal by June 30. His plea not to offer rewards to Iran "too early" echo similar comments made by German Chancellor Angela Merkel earlier in the day.

The top diplomats from France, the United Kingdom, Italy, Japan, the US, Canada and host nation, Germany, are attending the G7 talks, along with EU foreign policy chief Federica Mogherini. US Secretary of State John Kerry is expected to arrive on Wednesday.

Read more: http://www.dw.de/g7-foreign-ministers-arrive-for-talks-in-l%C3%BCbeck/a-18383853

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