国际英语资讯:Spotlight: Obama ends farewell EU tour in Berlin with six-party talks_时事

国际英语资讯:Spotlight: Obama ends farewell EU tour in Berlin with six-party talks

COMMON VALUES

According to the statement of the White House, the participants of the meeting on Friday also made a commitment to cooperate with NATO in the future.

Meanwhile, according to Merkel, the leaders agreed that the humanitarian situation in the disputed eastern part of Aleppo should improve.

The situation in the IS-occupied cities of Rakka in Syria and Mosul in Iraq was also discussed during the six-party talk. Leaders said it was important to promote the stabilization of liberated areas at an early stage.

Obama noted it was important for the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) negotiations to be maintained.

The German chancellor emphasized that she had always spoken out for a trade agreement between the EU and the United States, the two major trading areas of the world.

"I continue believing that the EU is one of the greatest achievements in the world," said the outgoing U.S. president on Thursday in Berlin. Britain's exit from the EU should be conducted as "smoothly and orderly and transparently" as possible, he added.

Relations with the United States are a basic pillar of German foreign policy, Merkel said in her joint press conference with Obama.

CLOSE COOPERATION

Merkel thanked Obama for the "excellent cooperation" and praised Obama as a reliable partner in difficult times. She also expressed her gratitude for a close, trusting and friendly cooperation for a period of eight years.