(VOVworld) - Germany and Spain on Friday urged Washington and Moscow to work together to help unlock a political solution to the Syrian war.

German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier (L) and Spanish Foreign Minister Jose Manuel Garcia-Margallo attend a joint news conference at the Foreign Ministry in Madrid October 9, 2015. Photo: Reuters

German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier told a news conference with his Spanish counterpart Manuel Garcia Margallo in Madrid that the current priority is to seek agreement between the United States and Russia. Steinmeier said negotiations to end the Syrian war should aim to preserve territorial integrity, set up a secular state with respect for religious minorities and establish a transitional government while remnants of the country's institutions still survive.