37 minutes agoBeden after meeting with Merkel: We are united against Russian aggression
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(5 years ago)The United States and Germany will stay together against Russian aggression, US President Joe Biden said, as he hosted the farewell meeting in Washington, German Chancellor Angela Merkel. The White House chief said he has raised his concern before Mrs. Merkel about the pipeline linking Germany and Russia, but [...]
The White House chief said he has raised his concern before Mrs. Merkel about the pipeline linking Germany and Russia, but that they agreed Moscow cannot be allowed to use energy as weapons.
The US president also said the two allied countries also oppose anti-democratic actions from China, writes the BBC, broadcast Gazeta Express.
“We stay together and will continue to stay together to protect our eastern wing allies in NATO against Russian aggression”, Joe Biden said at the joint press conference with Mrs. Merkel.
“We will stand for democratic principles and human rights when we see China or any other state working to undermine free and open societies”, he added.
On the other hand, the German Chancellor expressed regret over the dozens of victims caused by the flooding in her country.
Otherwise, she had cold reports with Biden's predecessor, Donald Trump, and tension from time to time with the two former American presidents, George Bush and Barack Obama.
