US President Barack Obama arrives at theTegel airport in Berlin, Germany, on November 16, 2016. Photo: Reuters
US President Barack Obama arrived in Berlin on Wednesday to meet German Chancellor Angela Merkel, with whom he has forged a close transatlantic alliance during eight years in office that President-elect Donald Trump may now call into question.
Obama, who described Merkel ahead of the visit as his “closest international partner”, will dine with the chancellor at Berlin’s famous Adlon hotel directly next to the landmark Brandenburg Gate on Wednesday evening.
The two leaders, who together tackled the global financial crisis, promoted free trade and forged …read more
Source: The Himalayan Times
