4 minutes agoMerkel turns his back on US, meets Putin, agrees on many issues
Periskopi(8 years ago)
(8 years ago)The two leaders have discussed a range of issues such as the war in Syria, the conflict in Ukraine, the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline and the nuclear agreement with Iran. Merkel has criticised the crackdown on media rights of expression and civil war in Ukraine. Germany's Chancellor Angela Merkel said the deal with Iran was [...]
Germany's Chancellor Angela Merkel said the deal with Iran was best on all other agreements during a conference with Russia's President Vladimir Putin on Friday, where she criticised the battle in eastern Ukraine at their meeting in Sochi.
Merkel had spoken at a press conference with her homolugus Vladimir Putin on several issues she opposes as Russia's support for Syria President Bashar Assad's government and its role in the conflict in eastern Ukraine, reports “DW” Transmission Periscope.
The two leaders agreed that it is necessary to achieve peace in eastern Ukraine and to work in the format called “Normandy”, including Germany, France, Russia and Ukraine.
Merkel stressed that Ukraine should remain a transit gas site even after the opening of the Nord Stream 2 pipeline said Germany was “ready to play its role in this direction”. The Russian president has also agreed on the matter.
Putin also spoke of Trump's warnings to the gas pipeline, “I understand the president of the United States, he protects his country's interests. He wants this product included in the European market”, he said, adding that “Donald is not only president of the US, but he is also a good actor”.
Merkel said Germany has strategic interests and good relations with Russia./Periscopi/
