Merkel: The meeting of the G20 will highlight the isolation of the US on climate issues

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    German Chancellor Angela Merkel and US President Donald Trump met on the eve of the G-20 summit. In about an hour-long conversation they discussed the global threat posed by missile tests of North Korea, tensions in the Middle East, the conflict in eastern Ukraine and forum topics of the G20, which starts today. It was reported that the two discussed the existing disagreements, but not specified for which controversial topics in question.

    In talks held in the hotel, other participants included foreign ministers of Germany and the US, Sigmar Gabriel and Rex Tillerson, US Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin, Trump’s daughter, Ivanka and her husband Jared Kashnar – both advisers in the White House.

    The summit of the G20, which starts today, will highlight the isolation of the US on climate issues, because many countries are determined to continue to work on the Paris climate agreement, said Angela Merkel.

    Discussions on climate issues with the United States will not be easy after President Trump announced in June the withdrawal of agreement to combat global warming, predicted the German chancellor, hosting the meeting.

    “We, of course, will not hide their differences, but rather will point because some key questions a gap in opinions,” Merkel said.

    Counselors leaders of the 20 most developed economies have been working on the final declaration of the meeting for several days, highlighting found differences in climate.

    The final text should emphasize that the Paris agreement on climate change is “irreversible”, although Trump called for renegotiation. Moreover, all countries in the G20, with the exception of the United States, want to confirm the final declaration commitment to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and to “ascertain” that the United States otherwise.

    Meanwhile, clashes broke out yesterday night in Hamburg as a few thousand protested against the summit of the G20 and the police used tear gas and water cannons to disperse the crowd.

    In protest action involved nearly 12,000 people, including anti-globalists, anarchists, leftists and ordinary residents of the city. The clashes erupted when police tried to remove from the crowd several hundred people dressed in black and wearing masks on their heads.

    Police officers were pelted with stones and bottles. Among the victims was the spokesman of the local police.

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