Russian President Vladimir Putin on Saturday held a phone conversation with German Chancellor Angela Merkel, with both leaders agreeing on the importance of progress in the Syrian settlement, including the upcoming Constitutional Committee meeting, the Kremlin press service said in a statement

Russian President Vladimir Putin and German Chancellor Angela Merkel discussed on Saturday over the phone the situation in Ukraine, having agreed that the preparations for the next meeting of the Normandy Four format would be continued by the foreign ministers and the leaders' aides, the Kremlin press service said in a statement

German Chancellor Angela Merkel held on Saturday a phone conversation with Russian President Vladimir Putin, with the parties having focused on preparing for a speedy meeting of the Normandy Four states on the Ukrainian crisis, the German cabinet said

The European Union leaders failed to reach a unanimous decision on Albania's and North Macedonia's accession talks at their latest summit, so the mood was somewhat somber when Jean-Claude Juncker was saying goodbye at his last conference as President of the European Commission

German Chancellor Angela Merkel said on Friday that she would discuss human suffering caused by Ankara's military offensive in Syria's north at a meeting with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan

French President Emmanuel Macron has announced his intention, jointly with German Chancellor Angela Merkel and UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson, to meet with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan in London in the coming weeks

The European Council is hoping that a suspension of Ankara's operation in Northern Syria agreed with the help of the United States can contribute to settling the regional conflict, German Chancellor Angela Merkel said Friday

German Chancellor Angela Merkel said ahead of the EU summit on Thursday that a compromise reached between EU and UK negotiators on a new draft Brexit deal was "good news."

German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Thursday once again called on Turkey to stop its military operation against the Kurdish militia in northern Syria and announced the decision to introduce an arms embargo against Ankara