German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier has reacted cautiously to Moscow’s announcement that it will begin withdrawing its troops from near the Ukrainian border. “We need clear, resilient, credible signals of de-escalation after the considerable build-up of troops that has taken place on Russia’s western border,” Steinmeier said in the Latvian capital Riga on Tuesday. At the same time, he assured the Baltic states that Germany stood by their side in the conflict. It wasn’t yet known whether this troop withdrawal would really take place, Steinmeier said after talks with Latvia’s President Egil…