Leaders: Obama Meeting and Merkel Chancellery

leaders: The session expands on lengthy talks he held the day before with German Chancellor Angela Merkel, according to Guelph Mercury. Gathered around a circular table in Merkel Chancellery, the leaders exchanged pleasantries but made no substantive remarks as reporters were allowed in briefly for the start of the meeting. Obama meeting with the leaders of Germany, Britain, France, Italy and Spain was likely his last in such a setting before he leaves office. A number of the leaders planned to deliver statements or take questions from reporters following the meeting. The talks come largely in the context of what the election of Donald Trump will mean to efforts to seek peace in Ukraine and Syria, the strength of the NATO alliance, trade agreements, efforts to fight climate change, and other pressing matters. Since Obama arrival on Wednesday on his sixth and last trip to Germany as president, he and Merkel have focused several meetings on issues of globalization and trans-Atlantic co-operation. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.