Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi meets German Chancellor Angela Merkel for joint cabinet talks in Berlin Tuesday as the Asian population giant and Europe's top economy seek to deepen ties. Merkel has long cultivated strategic relations with the world's biggest democracy and rival Asian power to China, whose Prime Minister Li Keqiang will also visit Berlin this week. Merkel often stresses that Germany and the European Union must compete with the new emerging economic giants, and on Sunday she said that Germany can no longer completely depend on traditional allies the United States and Britain in the age of President Donald Trump and Brexit.
French President Emmanuel Macron welcomed Russian Vladimir Putin to Versailles and then blasted Russian media for meddling in the French elections. Colette Luke reports.
This time, the handshake was warmer but the tone guarded after an hour of talks on the 300th anniversary of a visit to Versailles by tsar Peter the Great. "We disagree on a number of things but at least we discussed them," Macron said.
French President Emmanuel Macron welcomed Russian Vladimir Putin to Versailles and then blasted Russian media for meddling in the French elections. Colette Luke reports.
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