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In German Philharmonic 18 leaders waited 40 minutes, while trump and Putin will finish the interview one on one. About this reports Deutsche Welle.
The participants of the G20 summit on the eve going to the new Philharmonic hall of Hamburg to hear a concert playing Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony, the unofficial anthem of the EU.
However, they had to wait for the presidents of Russia and the United States. They stayed during the bilateral meeting.
Was originally scheduled to talk for 45 minutes. However, the first meeting of Vladimir Putin and Donald trump lasted more than two hours.
The leaders talked in a restricted format – accompanied by diplomats Rex Tillerson and Sergey Lavrov, and translators.
In the end, the Russian President came to the Philharmonic last and did not have time to take a photo with other leaders before the concert.
Press notes that the summit in Hamburg against the backdrop of street clashes ultra-left extremists with the police. The protesters even managed to prevent the passage of a few delegations for which the opening of the summit slightly delayed.
Any breakthrough agreement has not officially been recorded. In the words of German Chancellor Angela Merkel, the talks are difficult. Work on the final Declaration continued into the night on Saturday.