{"id":118733,"date":"2021-04-15T12:06:17","date_gmt":"2021-04-15T04:06:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.namnewsnetwork.org\/?p=118733"},"modified":"2021-04-15T12:06:19","modified_gmt":"2021-04-15T04:06:19","slug":"germany-united-states-call-on-russia-to-pull-back-troops-from-ukrainian-border","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/?p=118733","title":{"rendered":"Germany, United States call on Russia to pull back troops from Ukrainian border"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img src=\"https:\/\/groundnews.b-cdn.net\/extMedia\/40e3b484239498c0d2ece34c2f7c7c31339044ab.jpg?width=700\" alt=\"Germany, United States call on Russia to pull back troops from Ukrainian border\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>BERLIN, April 15 (NNN-AGENCIES) &#8212;\u00a0German Chancellor Angela Merkel and US\u00a0President Joe Biden called on Russia to pull back troops from the Ukrainian border to de-escalate the situation in the region, a German government spokesman said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The United States and NATO allies have been alarmed by the large buildup of Russian troops near Ukraine and in Crimea, the peninsula that Moscow annexed from Kyiv in 2014.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Russia and Ukraine held simultaneous military drills on Wednesday as NATO foreign and defence ministers began emergency discussions on the massing of Russian troops near the Ukrainian border.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In their phone call, Merkel and Biden discussed the latest developments in eastern Ukraine and called on Russia to avoid any further escalation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;The chancellor and the president agreed that Russia should reduce the latest troop reinforcements in order to de-escalate the situation,&#8221; government spokesman Steffen Seibert said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The White House said in a statement that Biden and Merkel &#8220;expressed concern about the buildup of Russian troops on Ukraine&#8217;s borders and in occupied Crimea, and reaffirmed their support for Ukraine&#8217;s sovereignty and territorial integrity&#8221;.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>White House press secretary Jen Psaki said Biden had spoken to Russian President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday to stress the consequences of Russia&#8217;s activities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Turkish diplomatic sources said on Wednesday that the United States had cancelled the deployment of two warships to the Black Sea.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The sources said the passage of the first ship through the Bosphorus due on Wednesday did not take place.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Anadolu state news agency said both deployments, scheduled for Wednesday and Thursday, have been cancelled with Ankara not yet informed of any possible rescheduling.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Last week Turkey announced that it had been informed through diplomatic channels that two US warships &#8220;will pass toward the Black Sea&#8221; and remain in the region until May 4.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>There was no confirmation from Washington either of the planned deployments or of their cancellation. &#8212; NNN-AGENCIES<br><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>BERLIN, April 15 (NNN-AGENCIES) &#8212;\u00a0German Chancellor Angela Merkel and US\u00a0President Joe Biden called on Russia to pull back troops from the Ukrainian border to de-escalate the situation in the region, a German government spokesman said. The United States and NATO allies have been alarmed by the large buildup of Russian troops near Ukraine and in [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[208,209],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/118733"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/11"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=118733"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/118733\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=118733"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=118733"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=118733"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}