BERLIN: Russian President Vladimir Putin will discuss with German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Saturday to speak about the Syrian and Ukraine conflicts, power issues and other foreign coverage issues, Berlin announced.
Merkel will host Putin from 1600 GMT at the executive retreat Meseberg castle north of Berlin, the place they will simplest give media statements but now not hang a joint press conference, mentioned her spokesman Steffen Seibert.
The low-key assembly will center of attention on "the Syrian conflict, which has gone on far too long, the situation in eastern Ukraine and energy issues", mentioned Seibert at a press conference Monday.
Relations were annoying between Russia and Western powers, including Germany, over a spread of issues, from the Ukraine and Syria conflicts to fees of Russian cyber-attacks and election meddling in numerous Nato member countries.
Putin and Merkel final met in May within the Russian Black Sea hotel of Sochi, but the German chief stayed away from Russia all over the soccer World Cup.
Merkel and her foreign minister Heiko Maas on July 24 held an strange assembly in Berlin with Russia's army leader of staff Valery Gerasimov and foreign minister Sergei Lavrov, to speak about Syria and Ukraine.
French President Emmanuel Macron at the time also gained Gerasimov, who is most often subject to an EU go back and forth ban, and Lavrov.
Berlin has also hosted ministerial conferences on reviving the stalled Ukraine peace procedure and on resolving Russian-Ukrainian disputes on fuel shipments as Moscow and Berlin plan a controversial new Baltic Sea pipeline challenge, Nordstream 2.
Merkel will host Putin from 1600 GMT at the executive retreat Meseberg castle north of Berlin, the place they will simplest give media statements but now not hang a joint press conference, mentioned her spokesman Steffen Seibert.
The low-key assembly will center of attention on "the Syrian conflict, which has gone on far too long, the situation in eastern Ukraine and energy issues", mentioned Seibert at a press conference Monday.
Relations were annoying between Russia and Western powers, including Germany, over a spread of issues, from the Ukraine and Syria conflicts to fees of Russian cyber-attacks and election meddling in numerous Nato member countries.
Putin and Merkel final met in May within the Russian Black Sea hotel of Sochi, but the German chief stayed away from Russia all over the soccer World Cup.
Merkel and her foreign minister Heiko Maas on July 24 held an strange assembly in Berlin with Russia's army leader of staff Valery Gerasimov and foreign minister Sergei Lavrov, to speak about Syria and Ukraine.
French President Emmanuel Macron at the time also gained Gerasimov, who is most often subject to an EU go back and forth ban, and Lavrov.
Berlin has also hosted ministerial conferences on reviving the stalled Ukraine peace procedure and on resolving Russian-Ukrainian disputes on fuel shipments as Moscow and Berlin plan a controversial new Baltic Sea pipeline challenge, Nordstream 2.
Merkel to host Putin for talks on Syria, Ukraine, energy
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