(14 May 2014) Frank-Walter Steinmeier became the first ever German Foreign Minister to attend a French cabinet meeting on Wednesday, as both sides prepare to mark the 70th anniversary of the allied landing in Normandy next month.
Laurent Fabius, the French Foreign Minister, said said he felt moved when he heard Steinmeier speak at the cabinet meeting "in friendship and brotherhood."
Both countries will commemorate the 70th anniversary of the D-Day landings in June.
They also discussed the situation in Ukraine with aim influencing events in that country "so that it's possible to organise fair elections in Ukraine on May 25," Steinmeier said.
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