the u.s. and also german and russian leaders will be discussing most likely the north stream to project the economic affairs minister was in moscow last week kind of preparing for that he is trying to make a deal with the with the russian and the ukrainian side because ukraine is worried about its transit fees after all that gas pipeline is going directly planned to go to go directly from russia to germany through the baltic sea so we may see some movement on an agreement on the hugely important economic deal as well just energy policy and economics figuring very prominently in the diplomatic talks today emily sure one thanks very much for that from such a. well these talks in tsotsi come at a time of tense relations between berlin and moscow germany has condemned russia s annexation of crimea and its military support for the government of syrian president bashar al assad but with both countries wanting to save the iran nuclear
such a today well the meeting today is likely to be very short just over one and a half hours but it also comes after a huge amount of contact between the german and the russian sides americal and putin talked on the phone last week the foreign minister visited the german foreign minister visited moscow and the economic affairs minister visited moscow as well so this is a short meeting but there is a lot on the agenda politically and economically the two leaders are going to be discussing syria and ukraine the conflict there but there will be a particular particular focus on iran after the u.s. left the iran nuclear deal last week both russia and germany are trying to salvage that deal and just at the beginning of the week the iranian foreign minister was in moscow as well to discuss potentially saving that deal and keeping it going without
political parties and the government were hacked by russian state agencies germany is now convinced of this at a meeting in berlin the british intelligence chief condemned russia one of the kremlin s central and entirely admirable is to build russian greatness on the world stage but it s repeated choices have been to pursue that aim through aggressive and punishes actions by its military and intelligence services. duma in syria. russia s partner bashar al assad is suspected of using chemical weapons shocking germany and its allies. we are all. we also have the knowledge that russia as an ally of assad shares responsibility in connection with the poison gas attack in syria. there s no question about that and
we see bonafide action by north korea that are walking down the road that, you know, it s vital for the region and the world that he takes those steps. connell: we will know next month or early june how it plays out. general, i want to get your point on important story, that s syria, finally un inspectors have reached the chemical weapon s facilities located in duma in syria and had taken them time to do so. had been delayed at first, here is heather talking about what may have happened here. here she is. russian officials have worked with the syrian regime we believe to sanitize the locations and remove incriminating evidence of chemical used. it took a week or so for inspectors to get in and you wonder what they find when they do get in. right, and i think that, you
competence a bit in the u.s. or checkers in the u.k. there the government also hopes to further develop its work schedule. germany is a strong partner in the world it has a strong economy people look at us with envy because we re doing well but nevertheless many citizens have fears here and we want to deal with them. a particular focus will be on finance minister or left shoulder his new draft budget which he aims to present at the end of the month the e.u. and nato are also on the agenda with two high profile guests at mays a bag nato secretary general shelton back commission president. and the cabinet has also been discussing issues like how to reduce unemployment all foster digital development the new government has so far achieved little but the expectations are certainly high. now for some of the other stories making news