German Chancellor Angela Merkel meets Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan during the G20 Summit in Hangzhou, Zhejiang province, China, September 4, 2016. (Source: REUTERS/Jesco Denzel/BPA/Handout via Reuters) German Chancellor Angela Merkel meets Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan during the G20 Summit in Hangzhou, Zhejiang province, China, September 4, 2016. (Source: REUTERS/Jesco Denzel/BPA/Handout via Reuters)German Chancellor Angela Merkel discussed bilateral relations with Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan before the start of the G20 summit in China, their first meeting since the failed July 15 coup, a German government spokesman said. “(Merkel and Erdogan) discussed German-Turkish relations, further implementation of the EU-Turkey (migrant) agreement and their mutual concerns about the ongoing Syrian civil war,” the spokesman said. “The discussion was constructive.” The spokesman did not say whether the two leaders also spoke about Turkey’s refusal to allow German lawmakers to visit German troops at Incirlik Air Base.

Source: Indian Express September 04, 2016 07:41 UTC