OTTAWA – German Chancellor Angela Merkel said Monday night she is leaving North America having won support from the United States and Canada for her effort to find a peaceful diplomatic solution to the crisis in Ukraine.
In Ottawa, on a quick stopover after her earlier meeting on Monday in Washington with U.S. President Barack Obama, Merkel firmly played down suggestions of a transatlantic rift with the U.S. over its plan to potentially arm Ukraine forces with lethal defensive weaponry to help them defend against Russian-backed separatists.
It’s a plan France and Germany oppose, and one that Obama said Monday he hasn’t …read more
Source: Metro News
