Us President Barack Obama during his last as the US President’s European tour arrived in Germany. In the Berlin airport, he was greeted with the highest honors: red carpet and an honor guard.
After shaking hands with the military and his counterpart Joachim Gauck, whose term also comes to an end, Obama limousine went to the center of the capital of Germany, where already in the morning taken unprecedented security measures.
The sky over Berlin is closed for flights to Central metro station not working, on every street guarded by reinforced police squads, and on the roofs, there are snipers. Residents adjacent to the hotel Adlon houses, where he stopped Obama, intelligence agencies are forbidden to open the Windows.
Thursday, November 17, American President right in the hotel will meet with Chancellor Angela Merkel on Friday, November 18, is scheduled to meet with other European leaders: heads of state and government of the UK, Spain, Italy and France.
It is expected that the head of the White house to discuss with them how it can change the attitude of Washington and Brussels after the coming to power of Donald trump. In addition, according to Reuters, the topic of conversation between European leaders and the US President will also be the question of extending sanctions against Russia because of the situation in Ukraine. Reporters noted that the policy also raised the possibility of introducing new restrictive measures against Moscow because of the campaign in Syria.
According to the representative of the German authorities, the parties fear that after inauguration of the President of Donald trump, the US policy on sanctions could change.
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