German Chancellor Angela Merkel (L) talks to Foreign Minister Frank Walter Steinmeier (R) during a meeting at the Chancellery in Berlin, May 27, 2009.

German Chancellor Angela Merkel (L) talks to Foreign Minister Frank Walter Steinmeier (R) during a meeting at the Chancellery in Berlin, May 27, 2009.

German Chancellor Angela Merkel (L) talks to Foreign Minister Frank Walter Steinmeier (R) during a meeting at the Chancellery in Berlin, May 27, 2009.

German Foreign Minister Frank Walter Steinmeier arrives to the Chancellery in Berlin, May 27, 2009. A government meeting on Wednesday over competing bids for carmaker Opel is not expected to yield a decision in favour of only one investor, a government spokesman said on Wednesday.

German Foreign Minister Frank Walter Steinmeier (L) listens to Chancellor Angela Merkel before the start of the weekly cabinet meeting session in Berlin, May 13, 2009.

German Foreign Minister Frank Walter Steinmeier (L) and Chancellor Angela Merkel arrive for the weekly cabinet meeting session in Berlin, May 13, 2009.

German Foreign Minister Frank Walter Steinmeier (L) and Chancellor Angela Merkel arrive to the weekly cabinet meeting session in Berlin, May 13, 2009.

German Foreign Minister Frank Walter Steinmeier (L) looks to Chancellor Angela Merkel before the start of the weekly cabinet meeting session in Berlin, May 13, 2009.

German Foreign Minster Frank-Walter Steinmeier arrives to a news conference after his visit of the Opel plant in the Eastern German town of Eisenach, May 4, 2009. Fiat Chief Executive Sergio Marchionne will be in Berlin on.

German Foreign Minster Frank-Walter Steinmeier (L) and CEO of General Motors's German unit Opel Hans Demant address the media after Steinmeier visited the Opel plant in the Eastern German town of Eisenach, May 4, 2009.

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German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier, left, and Hans Demant, right, Managing Director of German car maker Opel, talk with workers during their visit to the Opel car factory, owned by General Motors Corp. , in Eisenach, Germany, on Monday, May 4, 2009.

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German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier (R) unveils a sign at the airport in Mazar-i-Sharif with Hamidullah Farooqi of the Afghan Chamber of Commerce on April 30, 2009.

Germany's Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier arrives for a European Union Foreign Ministers meeting in Luxembourg April 27, 2009.

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German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier (R) and his Swiss counterpart Micheline Calmy-Rey shake hands following a press conference at the foreign ministry in Berlin April 1, 2009.

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German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier (R) and his Swiss counterpart Micheline Calmy-Rey shake hands following a press conference at the foreign ministry in Berlin April 1, 2009.

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German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier (R) and his Swiss counterpart Micheline Calmy-Rey address a press conferece following talks at the foreign ministry in Berlin April 1, 2009.

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German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier (R) and his Swiss counterpart Micheline Calmy-Rey address a press conferece following talks at the foreign ministry in Berlin April 1, 2009.

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German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier (L) and his Swiss counterpart Micheline Calmy-Rey arrive for a press conference following talks at the foreign ministry in Berlin April 1, 2009.

German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier (L) listens to German Chancellor Angela Merkel before the start of the weekly cabinet meeting session in Berlin, April 1, 2009.

German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier (R) greets Russian President Dimity Medvedev in Berlin March 31, 2009.

German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier (L) and German Chancellor Angela Merkel place their files as they arrive for the weekly cabinet meeting session in Berlin, April 1, 2009.

German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier (R) greets Russian President Dimity Medvedev in Berlin March 31, 2009.

German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier (L) and German Chancellor Angela Merkel arrive for the weekly cabinet meeting session in Berlin, April 1, 2009.

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German Foreign Minister and vice-chancellor Frank-Walter Steinmeier (R) stands besides Russian President Dmitry Medvedev as they meet for talks on March 31, 2009 in Berlin.

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German Foreign Minister and vice-chancellor Frank-Walter Steinmeier (R) shakes hands with Russian President Dmitry Medvedev as they meet for talks on March 31, 2009 in Berlin.