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Russia Monitors Statements Made During EU, US Leaders Meeting in Hannover

© AFP 2023 / ALAIN JOCARDUS President Barack Obama, President of the European Council Herman van Rompuy, France's President Francois Hollande, Germany's Chancellor Angela Merkel attend a working dinner at the G7 summit at the European Council headquarters on June 4, 2014 in Brussels
US President Barack Obama, President of the European Council Herman van Rompuy, France's President Francois Hollande, Germany's Chancellor Angela Merkel attend a working dinner at the G7 summit at the European Council headquarters on June 4, 2014 in Brussels - Sputnik International
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Statements made during the Hannover meeting by the top-level foreign officials are being monitored by the Russian experts, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said Monday.

MOSCOW (Sputnik) — Moscow is closely monitoring the the statements made during the meeting of the leaders of France, Germany, the United States, the United Kingdom and Italy in Germany's Hannover, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said Monday.

"So far, we have not captured any new elements, but we surely do closely monitor the whole range of statements, [which are] traditionally made in a variety of formats," Peskov told reporters.

German Chancellor Angela Merkel and US President Barack Obama in Hanover, Germany April 25, 2016. - Sputnik International
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On Sunday, US President Barack Obama arrived in Germany for bilateral talks with Chancellor Angela Merkel. The chancellor used the occasion to invite the leaders of France, Britain to discuss major international issued and developments on Monday.

The European leaders were expected to discuss a wide range of issues, including conflicts in the Middle East, the Ukrainian crisis and anti-Russian sanctions imposed over it and the migrant crisis in Europe.

Ahead of Obama's visit to Hannover, thousands of Germans protested the Trans-Atlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP), a planned free trade agreement between Washington and Brussels, which was part of the Obama-Merkel agenda during the bilateral meeting.

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