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| Written by Harpreet Verma |
| Wednesday, 24 June 2009 16:28 |
 Berlin - Talks between German Chancellor Angela Merkel and US President Barack Obama this week are to focus on recent events in Iran at a visit to Washington, German government sources said Wednesday.Merkel is scheduled to arrive in Washington Thursday for a 40-hour stay that would include roughly three hours of face-to-face talks with Obama and a meeting with Democratic House Speaker Nancy Pelosi. The visit is her first to the White House since Obama's inauguration. The US president has visited Germany twice in recent months and Berlin, as presidential candidate, last July. German government sources said there was a "close correlation" with the US position relating to Iran's post-election protests, adding that Germany shared Obama's recent call for Iran to recognise civil rights. Millions of Iranians accuse the government of fraud in the June 12 election which gave President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad an overwhelming landslide victory, prompting protest demonstrations in Tehran and other cities in which at least 17 people were killed. During her meeting with Obama on Friday, Merkel will also hope to win greater US commitments on climate change. A series of international talks is under way to draw up a new climate change agreement replacing the Kyoto Protocol, to be signed in Copenhagen at the end of the year. Obama's presidency has moved forward the climate change debate in the US, where an ambitious bill tackling greenhouse gas emissions is going through Congress. Nevertheless, there were still discrepancies between Obama's position and that of Merkel, German government sources said. Other items on the agenda are NATO's mission to Afghanistan, the aftermath of Obama's June 4 speech in Cairo, as well as relations with Russia. Obama is scheduled visit to Moscow in July, when German-Russian consultations are also due in Munich. Merkel and Obama are expected to discuss the global economic crisis, addressing the issue of managing the return to sustainable economic policies once the crisis has passed. Upon her arrival in Washington, the chancellor is to receive the Eric Warburg prize for fostering good relations between Germany and the US. Former recipients of the prize include former US president George HW Bush and the US statesman Henry Kissinger. (dpa) |
| Last Updated on Wednesday, 24 June 2009 16:31 |