Berlin:
Chancellor Angela Merkel on Monday invited US President Joe Biden to take a look at Germany “as soon as the pandemic situation allows,” her spokesman stated, in their 1st telephone contact considering the fact that the Democrat took workplace.
In what appeared to be a markedly warm contact compared to her conversations with Biden’s predecessor Donald Trump, Merkel and the new US leader also underlined the value of working collectively in the fight against Covid-19.
“The chancellor and the American president agree that stronger international efforts were needed to deal with the coronavirus pandemic,” stated Merkel’s spokesman Steffen Seibert in a statement.
On that note, she welcomed Biden’s selection to reverse Trump’s selection final July to pull the United States out of the World Health Organization — even as the pandemic was raging.
A couple of months later in November, Trump also yanked the United States out of the Paris climate accord, claiming it “was designed to kill the American economy” rather than save the atmosphere.
Also lauding Biden’s selection to return to the Paris agreement, Merkel pledged “Germany’s readiness to assume responsibility as it works with European and transatlantic partners in dealing with international tasks”.
Merkel stated Thursday through a press conference that there was far more popular ground with Washington now that Biden has replaced Trump.
She had minced no words in criticising Trump, saying following the storming of the US Capitol by his supporters that the president shared blame for the unrest.
In 2016, she had greeted Trump’s election victory with an extraordinary warning: that she would work with him on the situation that he respect democratic values.
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