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General Category => World News => Topic started by: TomSea on May 02, 2017, 05:53:44 pm
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Putin Meets With Merkel, Will Hold Phone Call With Trump
German Chancellor Angela Merkel and Russian President Vladimir Putin have met in the Russian Black Sea port of Sochi for talks focusing on the conflicts in Ukraine and Syria, as well as on strained bilateral relations.
Both leaders told a press conference after the May 2 talks that it was essential for all parties to fulfill their commitments under the Minsk process to regulate the conflict in eastern Ukraine between government forces and Russia-backed separatists.
Continued: http://www.rferl.org/a/trump-putin-speak-by-phone-may-2-amid-rare-merkel-visit-russia-sochi-/28462956.html