German Chancellor Angela Merkel expressed desire on Saturday during a meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin to contribute to settlement of the tensions in the Kerch Strait after the Sunday incident, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said.

Russian President Vladimir Putin has provided his French counterpart Emmanuel Macron and German Chancellor Angela Merkel with comprehensive explanations of the recent Kerch Strait incident, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said on Saturday.

Russian President Vladimir Putin and German Chancellor Angela Merkel discussed on Saturday the efforts made toward the creation of the Syrian constitutional committee, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said, voicing his optimism about the possibility of the establishment of this body.

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan suggested to Russian President Vladimir Putin to convene another summit on Syrian Idlib.

German Chancellor Angela Merkel and Russian President Vladimir Putin have discussed the situation in Syria, and the Russian-Ukrainian relations in light of the recent Kerch Strait incident, the press service of the German Cabinet said in a statement on Saturday.

US President Donald Trump, UK Prime Minister Theresa May and other world politicians lauded on Saturday the role of former US leader George H. W. Bush in global politics and his contribution to bringing the Cold War to an end.

Russian President Vladimir Putin held a working breakfast with German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Saturday morning and asked her about her plans for the G20 summit.

The meeting of German Chancellor Angela Merkel and US President Donald Trump, which was initially scheduled for Friday but was canceled due to a delay in Merkel's arrival in Argentina, will take place on the sidelines of the G20 summit on Saturday, a representative of the German government told Sputnik.