As Nord Stream 2 nears completion, Germany’s Merkel to make farewell Russia & Ukraine visits next week – will meet Putin, Zelensky

as work finishes

German Chancellor Angela Merkel will fly to Moscow next week for a meeting with her Russian counterpart, Vladimir Putin, as work finishes up on the jointly-backed Nord Stream 2 pipeline and ahead of her departure from office.

In a statement issued on Friday, the Kremlin said the summit between the two leaders would go ahead on 20 August, and that a number of international and regional issues would be up for discussion.

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