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BIDEN AND MERKEL 'UNITED AGAINST RUSSIA AGGRESSION'

Published16 July 2021
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Angela Merkel has worked with four US presidents in 16 years

The US and Germany will stand together against Russian aggression, President Joe
Biden said as he welcomed outgoing Chancellor Angela Merkel to Washington.

Mr Biden said he had voiced concern to Mrs Merkel over a Russia-to-Germany gas
pipeline, but they agreed Moscow cannot be allowed to use energy as a weapon.

The US president said the two allies also opposed anti-democratic actions by
China.

Mrs Merkel, who has worked with four US presidents, is leaving office.

"We stand together and will continue to stand together to defend our eastern
flank allies at Nato against Russian aggression," Mr Biden told Thursday's joint
news conference with Mrs Merkel.

He acknowledged the two did not see eye to eye on the nearly complete $11bn
(£8bn) Nord Stream 2 natural gas pipeline. The White House has said it will be
used by Russia as leverage over Ukraine and other neighbours.



"Good friends can disagree," said Mr Biden, who recently waived sanctions
against Nord Stream 2.

The US president also said: "We will stand up for democratic principles and
human rights when we see China or any other country working to undermine free
and open societies."

Despite being strong trade partners, Berlin has at times been critical of
Beijing on the issue of human rights.

Mr Biden also told reporters the US had no plans "at the moment" to send troops
to Haiti amid growing unrest after the assassination of its president.

Asked about ongoing protests in Cuba, Mr Biden said the "failed state" was
repressing its citizens.

"Communism is a failed system, a universally failed system," he said. "And I
don't see socialism as a very useful substitute."


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Both leaders emphasised the amicable nature of their hour-long meeting, with Mrs
Merkel referring more than once to her host as "Dear Joe".

Mr Biden told his guest: "I will miss seeing you at our summits."

Mrs Merkel expressed "sympathy" for the dozens of people killed by heavy
flooding back home in Germany.

 * Flooding kills dozens in Germany and Belgium

The German leader had a frosty relationship with Mr Biden's predecessor, Donald
Trump, and occasional tension, too, with George W Bush and Barack Obama, the
other two presidents her tenure has spanned.

Mrs Merkel, who became chancellor in 2005, is not running again in September's
elections. Her Christian Democratic Union leads opinion polls.


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