German foreign minister warns Trump over Putin meeting
Source: Politico-Europe
The dialogue ‘needs clarity,’ says Heiko Maas.
By CAT CONTIGUGLIA 7/15/18, 3:17 PM CET
German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas warned U.S. President Donald Trump Sunday to be careful with what he agrees to when he meets Russian President Vladimir Putin on Monday.
“One-sided deals at the expense of one’s own partners will end up hurting the U.S. as well,” Maas told the German newspaper Bild am Sonntag.
Trump has said he expects his meeting with Putin to be the easiest part of his Europe trip. His planned meeting with Putin in Finland follows a chaotic NATO summit, in which he accused Germany of being “totally controlled by Russia” and paying “billions and billions of dollars a year to Russia” for energy payments.
Maas said that while he welcomes the meeting between the U.S. and Russia, the dialogue “needs clarity.” He added that the meeting would be a step forward if it lays the groundwork for nuclear disarmament.
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