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EU fears Anchorage 2.0 in light of potential Putin-Trump meeting — Merz

On November 18-19, Shenzhen in south China’s Guangdong Province will host the 33rd APEC Economic Leaders’ Meeting

BERLIN, November 13. /TASS/. German Chancellor Friedrich Merz acknowledged that Europe fears any new US "surprises" regarding Ukraine.

"We also know that [US] President [Donald] Trump is planning to discuss Ukraine with [Russian] President [Vladimir] Putin," the German head of government told reporters on the sidelines of a European Political Community meeting in Dublin. "Some are afraid here in Dublin that this may become, so to say, Anchorage 2.0," the German government quoted Merz as saying. "In this light, I would once again voice our signal to the United States - no surprises, please," he stated.

On November 18-19, Shenzhen in south China’s Guangdong Province will host the 33rd APEC Economic Leaders’ Meeting. Putin will lead the Russian delegation at the event. On Thursday, Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergey Ryabkov told reporters that arrangements for a potential trilateral meeting between the Russian leader, Trump, and China’s Xi Jinping are ongoing.

The summit between Putin and Trump, their first since 2021, took place on August 15 at the Elmendorf-Richardson military base in Alaska. The talks focused on resolving the Ukraine conflict. At a Kremlin meeting on August 16, Putin described the summit which he said could bring the sides closer to necessary solutions as meaningful. For his part, Trump said a Ukraine peace deal would now depend on Vladimir Zelensky.

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