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Posted on February 6, 2026
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Add as preferred source on GoogleChancellor Merz plans a March visit to Washington to ease tensions with the US, coinciding with the Munich Security Conference.
BERLIN -, Feb 6 (Reuters) - German Chancellor Friedrich Merz will make his third visit to Washington in early March, amid efforts to ease transatlantic tensions between European nations and U.S. President Donald Trump, German daily Die Welt reported on Friday.
There was no immediate comment from Merz's office.
The news comes around a week before the start of the Munich Security Conference, the high-level annual meeting of security policy specialists that saw blistering criticism of the United States' European NATO partners by U.S. Vice President JD Vance.
Vance is not expected to come to the conference this year but Secretary of State Marco Rubio and a Congressional delegation are scheduled to attend.
(Reporting by James Mackenzie, editing by Kirsti Knolle)
The main topic is Chancellor Merz's planned visit to Washington in March to ease transatlantic tensions.
US Secretary of State Marco Rubio and a Congressional delegation are scheduled to attend.
The visit aims to ease tensions between European nations and the US.
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