German Chancellor Friedrich Merz said on Sunday he and other European leaders plan to talk to US President Donald Trump again, ahead of a possible phone conversation between the US leader and Russian President Vladimir Putin.
"We have agreed that in preparation for this dialogue we will talk again — four heads of state and government — with the US president," Merz was quoted as telling reporters in Rome by the Bild newspaper.
One can only hope for the further progress to be made, the German chancellor said, adding that he has already discussed the possible Trump-Putin call with US Secretary of State Marco Rubio.
On Saturday, Trump said he was planning to speak by phone to Putin on May 19.
German Chancellor Friedrich Merz said on Sunday that he, along with the leaders of Britain, France and Poland, aimed to speak with Donald Trump ahead of the US president’s planned call with Russia’s Vladimir Putin on Monday.
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