German Chancellor Angela Merkel takes part in a wreath-laying ceremony at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier in Kyiv, Ukraine August 22, 2021. REUTERS/Gleb Garanich
August 22, 2021
KYIV (Reuters) – German Chancellor Angela Merkel called on Sunday for an agreement to extend gas transit through Ukraine.
“Gas should not be used as a geopolitical weapon,” she said after a meeting in Kyiv with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy.
(Reporting by Andreas Rinke and Kirsti Knolle in Kyiv; Writing by Tom Sims; Editing by David Clarke)
