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Chancellor Merkel welcomes more multilateralism under Biden



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German Chancellor Angela Merkel and US President Joe Biden agreed in a phone call that the coronavirus pandemic and other global challenges could only be met if countries worked together, Merkel’s spokesman Steffen Seibert said Monday. In their first phone conversation since Biden took office last week, Merkel also welcomed Biden returning the US to the World Health Organization (WHO) and the Paris climate agreement. “The chancellor and the American president agreed that stronger international efforts were needed to deal with the coronavirus pandemic,” said Seibert. The leaders also spoke about foreign policy issues like Afghanistan and Iran, along with …

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