German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier pointed to the need for new impulses, which will help to intensify negotiations on the Syrian settlement between Moscow and Washington, RIA Novosti reported.

Following the results of negotiations with chief coordinator High Negotiations Committee (HNC) Riad, German Foreign Minister said that it was necessary to make so that forthcoming shift of the American administration did not result a vacuum, therefore they urgently needed new impulses for negotiations between Moscow and Washington, but also between regional forces.

According to Steinmeier, the ceasefire regime was the first step to peaceful settlement.