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German Chancellor Angela Merkel is greeted by Russia's Vladimir Putin with a bouquet of flowers in Moscow on the anniversary of a nerve-agent attack on now-jailed opposition leader Alexei Navalny, whose life was saved by Berlin doctors. The pair are expected to discuss the Taliban takeover of Afghanistan, the simmering war in eastern Ukraine and the authoritarian crackdown in Russian-allied Belarus. IMAGES
Pope Francis meets German Chancellor Angela Merkel at Vatican City. In the afternoon, Merkel will take part with Pope Francis and other religious leaders in a prayer for peace organised by the community of Sant’Egidio near the Colosseum. IMAGES
President of the European Commission Jean-Claude Juncker met with First Minister of Scotland Nicola Sturgeon in Brussels on Wednesday, as the European Council emergency meeting on the 'Brexit' issue takes place in the Belgian capital. Relations between Scotland and the EU, the 'Brexit' result, as well as the possibility of a second referendum on Scotland’s independence from the UK were expected to top the agenda of the meeting.
Russian President, Vladimir Putin, meets with his Azerbaijani counterpart, Ilham Aliyev, ahead of trilateral talks with Armenian Prime Minister, Nikol Pashinyan, a month after the worst clashes between the two countries since their war in 2020. The talks come after Putin's initial head-to-head with Pashinyan, where the Armenian leader thanked Moscow for its ongoing peacekeeping missions in the region. Russia is seeking to reassert its role as a key powerbroker between the Caucasus arch-foes as Western engagement in the region grows and Moscow -- distracted by its war in Ukraine -- is visibly losing influence after decades of domination. IMAGES COMPLETES EN32MH7E9
Russian President Vladimir Putin meets with Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan in Sochi ahead of trilateral talks with Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev a month after the worst clashes between the two countries since their war in 2020. Moscow is seeking to reassert its role as a key powerbroker between the Caucasus arch-foes amid the growing Western engagement in the region, where Russia -- distracted by its war in Ukraine -- is visibly losing influence after decades of domination. IMAGES
Russian President Vladimir Putin meets with his Azerbaijani counterpart Ilham Aliyev in Moscow. IMAGES
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