- Title: Putin gives Merkel flowers as they meet in Kremlin
- Date: 20th August 2021
- Summary: MOSCOW, RUSSIA (AUGUST 20, 2021) (RUSSIAN POOL) RUSSIAN PRESIDENT VLADIMIR PUTIN GREETING GERMAN CHANCELLOR ANGELA MERKEL, GIVING HER FLOWERS PUTIN AND MERKEL TAKING SEATS PUTIN SPEAKING PUTIN SPEAKING AND MERKEL LISTENING (SOUNDBITE) (Russian) RUSSIAN PRESIDENT, VLADIMIR PUTIN, SAYING: "We have many questions that need to be discussed personally, (PAUSES FOR TRANSLATION)
- Embargoed: 3rd September 2021 12:59
- Keywords: Foreign Policy Germany Merkel Putin Russia
- Location: MOSCOW,RUSSIA
- City: MOSCOW,RUSSIA
- Country: Russia
- Topics: Diplomacy/Foreign Policy,Europe,Government/Politics
- Reuters ID: LVA001ER34NRB
- Aspect Ratio: 16:9
- Story Text: Russian President Vladimir Putin and German Chancellor Angela Merkel both said they hoped for a successful dialogue as they met in Kremlin on Friday (August 20).
Among the topics to discuss Merkel pointed out the situation in Afghanistan and Libya as well as bilateral relations.
Putin and Merkel are likely to broach Russia's Nord Stream 2 natural gas pipeline to Germany, which is nearly complete despite U.S. complaints that the pipeline will deal a huge blow to ally Ukraine by bypassing the historic gas transit country.
This visit to Moscow is likely to be the last one for Merkel as a chancellor.
Merkel is due to step down as chancellor after a September 26 election, while Putin, who has been in power for more than two decades, is next up for election in 2024, though he has not said whether or not he will run.
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