German Chancellor Angela Merkel said on August 17 she did not expect her August 18 meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin to produce any particular results.
Reuters: Merkel lowers expectations before talks with Putin
German Chancellor Angela Merkel leaves the German public television ZDF after recording the traditional "summer interview" on July 1, 2018 in Berlin, prior to a leadership meeting of her centre-right CDU party. Angela Merkel's CDU and its conservative Bavarian CSU allies are holding separate meetings on July 1, 2018 to weigh the results of last week's EU summit, which agreed collective measures by the bloc's 28 members to reduce immigration. / AFP PHOTO / dpa / Michael Kappeler / Germany OUT
